Nnedi Okorafor Quotes

We fear what we don’t know.

There is nothing that a man must believe that can’t be seen or touched or sensed.

“In that time I was able to experiment — try things, see what worked, see what didn’t — without someone looking over my shoulder, like ‘Oh my God, that really is terrible!"...

Are you willing to allow other the same right to their beliefs?
"If their beliefs don't hurt others and, when I feel the need, I am allowed to call them stupid in my mind, then yes."

I speak my life into existence with each expressed breath I take. I tell you a story within which are more stories. Universes within universes. We are all spinning like small suns. I am like my own sun.

The greatest adventure lies not in our surroundings, but in the depths of our own souls.

Though I knew I shouldn't have cared, the words still hurt like pinches. And pinches can be very painful when done in the same place many times in a row.

I love books . I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry, yet so heavy with worlds and ideas . I love the sound of the pages flicking against my fingers. Print against fingerprints. Books make people quiet, yet they are so loud.

Is it not the worst pain to know there is a cure for your child's illness and then not be able to obtain it? Oh it must be the one of the worst types of pain in the world.