Quotes by Ben Okri

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

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The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where...

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The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for...

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Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

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Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

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Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it...

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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

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I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

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I was going to be a scientist.

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I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends'...

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Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish....

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The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

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