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21 " Amongst the Himba, you "were what you knew you were once you knew what you were and that was that", to quote my village's chief Kapika. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Binti: The Complete Trilogy
22 " Adaora was beginning to see why Ayodele’s people had chosen the city of Lagos. If they’d landed in New York, Tokyo or London, the governments of these places would have quickly swooped to hide, isolate and study the aliens. Here in Lagos, there was no such order. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Lagoon
23 " All of them watched the footage, even Fisayo. After it finished, none of them said a word, yet in their minds, they saw plenty. Jacobs saw an end to living with parents who refused to accept him. His sister Fisayo saw all of Lagos in flames. Seven saw infinite possibilities and a people from outer space that could make the world embrace and love everyone. Rome saw the rise of Rome. "
24 " Preconceito gera preconceito, sabe? O conhecimento nem sempre evolui para a sabedoria."Bruxa Akata, página 89 "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1)
25 " Eles são capazes de fazer coisas grandiosas, mas nem sempre o potencial se traduz em sucesso"pág. 171 "
26 " Este mundo é maior que vocês, e ele vai continuar girando, não importa o que acontecer"pág. 92 "
27 " Ser um jovem negro que sente ódio pela autoridade nos Estados Unidos é a receita ideal para um desastre"pág. 89 "
28 " 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 "
― Nnedi Okorafor , The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0)
29 " Oh, how our traditions limit and outcast those of us who aren't normal. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Who Fears Death (Who Fears Death, #1)
30 " I swiped otjize from my forehead with my index finger and knelt down. Then I touched the finger to the sand, grounding the sweet smelling red clay into it. "Thank you," I whispered. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Binti (Binti, #1)
31 " They were all girls who grew up in sprawling houses, who'd never walked through the desert, who'd never stepped on a snake in the dry grass. They were girls who could not stand the rays of the Earth's sun unless it was shining through a tinted window. "
32 " 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. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Zahrah the Windseeker
33 " Some of our old ways are better forgotten, but not all of them. "
34 " Los okekes tienen la piel del color de la noche porque fueron creados antes que el día. Fueron los primeros. Más tarde, mucho después de eso, llegaron los nurus. Proceden de las estrellas, y por eso su piel es del color del sol. "
35 " Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are! "
36 " We embrace those things that make us unique or odd. For only in these things can we locate and then develop our most individual abilities. "
37 " It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think...The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. You're stronger than you believe. "
38 " There are more valuable things in life than safety and comfort. Learn. You owe it to yourself. "
39 " We prefer to explore the universe by traveling inward, as opposed to outward. "
40 " However, just because something isn’t surprising doesn’t mean it’s easy to deal with. "