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Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Beautiful Great Here Magic Only Our Our Time Potential Rare Realize Space Time True Unique Whatever You

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Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Art Creativity Impossible Politics Possible

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Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.

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Topics: Always Beautiful Beautiful Things Because Best Despair Destroyed Growing Much Perish Secret See Them Things Too Too Much You

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I believe in leavening. You can't have words sticking out too much, like promontories. They disturb the density. You have to flatten them, or raise the surrounding terrain.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Believe Density Disturb Flatten Like Much Out Raise Sticking Surrounding Terrain Them Too Too Much Words You I Believe I Believe In

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The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Absolute Abyss Bottom Everything Failure Harshness Human Learnt Life Love Reached Rock Saw Time World Worst Wrong

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When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.

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Topics: Best Call Go Higher Like Over Poem Self Something State Takes Write I Write

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Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly.

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Topics: All Your Life Been Friend Home Life Met Once Person Searching Very You Your

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If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Craft Find Finish Five Furthermore Learn Novel Office Pages Perfect Place Short Short Story Story Time Where Working Write You

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You cannot come to a Nigerian restaurant without having pepper soup.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Cannot Come Having Nigerian Pepper Restaurant Soup Without You

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Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.

~Ben Okri

Topics: Act Book Bring Creative Creative Act Like Narrow Only Range Readers Reading Reflected See Themselves Then Writing

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Poet

Born: March 15th, 1959

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