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We prefer to explore the universe by traveling inward, as opposed to outward. — Nnedi Okorafor

I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke. — Nnedi Okorafor

We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living. — Nnedi Okorafor

When are aliens ever not evil?"
"E.T.?" Rome said. — Nnedi Okorafor

I felt the pain and the glory of growth, was straining and shuddering with it. — Nnedi Okorafor

Life was out there and death was, too. I feared both now. — Nnedi Okorafor

I have this obsession with destruction. — Nnedi Okorafor

You are not crazy. You are just ready to change. — Nnedi Okorafor

See? We never needed you. — Nnedi Okorafor

I want you to write yourself into history because no matter what history books say, even you are a part of it. — Nnedi Okorafor

the girl who was so lovely even her father couldn't resist her. — Nnedi Okorafor

Money and material things make you king or queen of the Lamb world. You can do no wrong, you can do anything. — Nnedi Okorafor

THE BOY AND THE LADY — Nnedi Okorafor

There are more valuable things in life than safety and comfort. Learn. You owe it to yourself. — Nnedi Okorafor

Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective. — Nnedi Okorafor

I love and am terrified of the water, particularly the ocean. — Nnedi Okorafor

But deep down inside me, I wanted . . . I needed it. I couldn't help but act on it. The urge was so strong that it was mathematical. — Nnedi Okorafor

However, just because something isn't surprising doesn't mean it's easy to deal with. — Nnedi Okorafor

I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy. — Nnedi Okorafor

Sometimes a man must throw caution to the wind. — Nnedi Okorafor

School will bring you more success than marriage. — Nnedi Okorafor

We embrace those things that make us unique or odd. For only in these things can we locate and then develop our most individual abilities. — Nnedi Okorafor

Use your powers for good instead of evil — Nnedi Okorafor

Silence is the best answer to a fool. — Nnedi Okorafor

I think speculative fiction has fewer unspoken prerequisites than literary fiction for writers of color. — Nnedi Okorafor

You fit get me inside dere?" he asked, his voice lusty in her ear. "I go try, baby," she whispered. — Nnedi Okorafor

One of my feet is a whole size longer than the other. One is size ten, the other is size eleven. — Nnedi Okorafor

My novel Who Fears Death is a post-apocalyptic novel set in a future Sudan. — Nnedi Okorafor

This world is bigger than you and it will go on, regardless." What — Nnedi Okorafor

I love writing about monsters and food. — Nnedi Okorafor

Some of our old ways are better forgotten, but not all of them. — Nnedi Okorafor

There's a story in 'Kabu Kabu' called 'Bakasi Man' where I got to explore the mind of a 'bad man.' It was fun. — Nnedi Okorafor

Two footsteps do not make a path. — Nnedi Okorafor

Prejudice begets prejudice, you see. Knowledge does not always evolve into wisdom. — Nnedi Okorafor

Human beings make terrible gods. — Nnedi Okorafor

Suffering is against the Way. Let us end you. — Nnedi Okorafor

I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov's nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl. — Nnedi Okorafor

Funny how all things people don't understand seem to be 'cursed'. — Nnedi Okorafor

I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat. — Nnedi Okorafor

My father didn't believe in war. He said war was evil, but if it came he would revel in it like sand in a storm. — Nnedi Okorafor

When she was afraid, nervous, or uncomfortable, all she had to do was focus on the science to feel balanced again. It was no different now. — Nnedi Okorafor

Maybe I'm too scared to fly, but I'm brave enough to save your life. — Nnedi Okorafor

would you have felt? — Nnedi Okorafor

Look, Brother Chris, women are . . . weak vessels. It is identified in the Bible. — Nnedi Okorafor

The tarantula scrambles faster, certain that he will make it across. Certain of his extraordinary speed. Crunch. — Nnedi Okorafor

Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are! — Nnedi Okorafor

Heru's chest burst — Nnedi Okorafor

You might have liked the United States more,"" she said. "They've got more stuff. And if your spaceship is broken, they can probably fix it better. — Nnedi Okorafor

To know someone's pain is to share in it. And to share in it is to relieve some of it. — Nnedi Okorafor

Just because you are American does not make you American. — Nnedi Okorafor

old doesn't always mean less advanced." I — Nnedi Okorafor

I would try to write 'realistic' fiction, and someone would fly, or there would be a black hole full of demons or a girl who attracted frogs. — Nnedi Okorafor

'Lagoon' is an ambitious novel. — Nnedi Okorafor

Anthony was calm as an underground river. Father Oke was a volcano ready to erupt. — Nnedi Okorafor