When we have made an experience or a chaos into a story we … - Ben Okri

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When we have made an experience or a chaos into a story we have transformed it, made sense of it, transmuted experience, domesticated the chaos.

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Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist.

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When we have made an experience or a chaos into a story we have transformed it, made sense of it, transmuted experience, domesticated the chaos. - Ben Okri

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