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Chris Abani quotes: There was a positive side to not trying at something: you could always pretend that your life would have been different if you had.

There was a positive side to not trying at something: you could always pretend that your life would have been different if you had.

Chris Abani quotes: But the thing is that, in the end, we each must decide how comfortable we are with how much we hurt other people

But the thing is that, in the end, we each must decide how comfortable we are with how much we hurt other people

Chris Abani quotes: Elvis, stop dat! You know it is taboo to whistle at night. You will attract a spirit.

Elvis, stop dat! You know it is taboo to whistle at night. You will attract a spirit.

Chris Abani quotes: In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.

In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.

Chris Abani quotes: I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

Chris Abani quotes: The wind is calling in a voice I remember

The wind is calling in a voice I remember

Chris Abani quotes: People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes

People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes

Chris Abani quotes: As with much of the world's problems, they become publicor much more of interestthe moment they begin to impact the West.

As with much of the world's problems, they become public
or much more of interest
the moment they begin to impact the West.

Chris Abani quotes: Sometimes it is enough to know that it is difficult.

Sometimes it is enough to know that it is difficult.

Chris Abani quotes: Before you speak, my friend, remember, a spiritual man contain his anger. Angry words are like slap in de face.

Before you speak, my friend, remember, a spiritual man contain his anger. Angry words are like slap in de face.

Chris Abani quotes: He too, it seemed, had come to believe that he could somehow escape history. That it was possible, and even desirable, to live in a perpetual present.

He too, it seemed, had come to believe that he could somehow escape history. That it was possible, and even desirable, to live in a perpetual present.

Chris Abani quotes: My father was educated in Cork, in the University of Cork, in the '50s.

My father was educated in Cork, in the University of Cork, in the '50s.

Chris Abani quotes: Story is powerful. Story is fluid and it belongs to nobody.

Story is powerful. Story is fluid and it belongs to nobody.

Chris Abani quotes: Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

Chris Abani quotes: What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are.

What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are.

Chris Abani quotes: She who had been taken and taken and taken. And now the one time she took for herself, the one time she had choice in the matter, it was taken

She who had been taken and taken and taken. And now the one time she took for herself, the one time she had choice in the matter, it was taken away.

Chris Abani quotes: There had been many such experiments when he worked in South Africa, in Vlakplaas, a notorious apartheid death camp.

There had been many such experiments when he worked in South Africa, in Vlakplaas, a notorious apartheid death camp.

Chris Abani quotes: The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

Chris Abani quotes: Anything a man can do, I can fix.

Anything a man can do, I can fix.

Chris Abani quotes: This is the prevalence of ritual. To remember something that cannot be forgotten.

This is the prevalence of ritual. To remember something that cannot be forgotten.

Chris Abani quotes: It takes me forever to actually finish something like a ten-page essay. But, when I do, I usually love what they are. It's a complicated relationship.

It takes me forever to actually finish something like a ten-page essay. But, when I do, I usually love what they are. It's a complicated relationship.

Chris Abani quotes: Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?

Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?

Chris Abani quotes: If I don't get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.

If I don't get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.

Chris Abani quotes: Your anatomy is a mystery that nobody bothers explaining to us. Even when we think we have mastered one woman's body, every body is different.

Your anatomy is a mystery that nobody bothers explaining to us. Even when we think we have mastered one woman's body, every body is different.

Chris Abani quotes: Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.

Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.

Chris Abani quotes: Time was the only variable in every equation of power and oppressionhow long before the pot boiled over.

Time was the only variable in every equation of power and oppression
how long before the pot boiled over.

Chris Abani quotes: as his mother told Grandma Marie, there are no words for some

as his mother told Grandma Marie, there are no words for some