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181 " The town was clearly not poor. There were a few huts, but they were well built and well kept. This night, though dark as a cave, Sankofa could see hints of bright light coming from within. These mud huts had electricity. People feared her but they still wanted to watch television. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Remote Control
182 " Sometimes, the obvious is too obvious, "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Home (Binti, #2)
183 " Don’t ever mix juju with technology. There is witchcraft in science and a science to witchcraft. Both will conspire against you eventually. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Hello, Moto
184 " So cliché. Everyone thinks the old old lady, the hunchback, the crazy man, and the albino have magical evil powers. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1)
185 " My novel Who Fears Death is a post-apocalyptic novel set in a future Sudan. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Kabu Kabu
186 " Lagos–Benin Expressway. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Lagoon
187 " A year after its publication, it was optioned by Completion Films with Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu attached to the project. "
188 " When things get bad, they don't stop until you stop the badness-or die. "
― Nnedi Okorafor
189 " parents wouldn’t be home yet, but if Ugonna was home and "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Akata Warrior (The Nsibidi Scripts #2)
190 " Binti Ekeopara Zuzu Dambu Kaipka of Osemba "
191 " I knew I could always return to my books. Not escape, return. I knew so much, but so little. You can have knowledge, but you are nothing without wisdom. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0)
192 " Black-skinned fairies with the wings of flies and clothes made from spiderwebs threw poison spears at them. "
193 " she looked up and there was the fox who’d been skulking around her town. “You’re alive, too!” she’d whispered happily. It stood on the other side of the stream staring at her, water dripping from its narrow muzzle. Then it trotted from the shallows into the bushes, disappearing into the shadows with a swish of its luxuriant red-orange tail. Even after it was gone, the forest felt that much friendlier and welcoming. "
194 " She slurped her coffee loudly. “If you hide forever, you’ll never find anything. And there is one thing you know you want to find. Go and find it, stupid nonsense child. "
195 " She’d been away a long time, seeing the world. Now, she had to get home. She had learned much while she was away. She knew about courage and fear, she knew about gain and loss. She certainly knew about love and anguish and murder of love. But now she was going to learn about mass death. She’d "
196 " —(…) ¿Alguno recuerda siquiera por qué empezó la guerra? ¿Las medusas intentaron drenar los lagos? ¿Los khoush masacraron a una tribu pacífica de medusas exploradoras? ¿Secuestraron a la hija del líder khoush? Si os preguntara uno por uno, enumeraríais distintas historias de hace tanto tiempo que los nietos de los nietos de los posibles testigos llevan años muertos. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3)
197 " Los prejuicios engendran prejuicios, ¿ves? El conocimiento no siempre evoluciona en sabiduría. "
198 " —¿No has aprendido nada de todo esto? —se quejó Mwinyi—. ¿Qué pensabas que era yo hace unos días? ¿Qué pensabas de todos los enyi zinariya? —Como no respondí, lo hizo él—: Creías que éramos salvajes. Te criaron para que lo creyeras, aunque tu propio padre sea uno de nosotros. Y sabes por qué. Estoy aquí, contándote cómo descubrí que era armonizador, y estás tan enredada entre tus mentiras que prefieres quedarte pensando si soy un espíritu antes que cuestionarte lo que te han enseñado. "
199 " Dicho esto, cuando leas sus libros, tienes que leerlos de verdad. Sé consciente de sus sesgos (...). "
200 " Here’s something scary: If you don’t recognize yourself, then who is the one who reminds you of who you are? "