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161 " Edgar never used the rhythm to do violence again. But when he got on stage, when he rapped and let the words flow from his tongue like warmed honey, he could feel it. It would be there when he needed it. So far, he hadn’t needed it. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Lagoon
162 " Anthony was calm as an underground river. Father Oke was a volcano ready to erupt. "
163 " Why don’t I ever want to do what I’m supposed to do? "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Home (Binti, #2)
164 " Las heridas reflejo sanan al cabo de unos minutos… a menos que sean mortales. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1)
165 " These roads are full of ghosts. "
166 " As I have repeated incessantly throughout this book, there is no direction you can turn that does not face you toward certain death. "
167 " What we perceive as limitations have the potential to become strengths greater than what we had when we were ‘normal’ or unbroken…when something breaks, something greater often emerges from the cracks. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
168 " a few hours’ drive is a long drive when you are just trying to live your life. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Noor
169 " childbirth was only one of thousands of things the body could do without the spirit. "
170 " Yes. But … no. Will you please tell me about Binti? My mother told me much. You tell me things too. And so it was an hour before Mwinyi went back to the escape of sleep, as he told New Fish all he knew about Binti. He even told New Fish how much he loved her and finished by surprising himself. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3)
171 " I saw the White House while it was still worth seeing "
172 " It was cool in the terminal, but I felt the heat of social pressure. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Binti (Binti, #1)
173 " Whenever my father allowed me to buy a new book, I spent hours in my room with my eyes closed as I listened to it on my astrolabe. In many of those stories, a curious person would find a secret or magical object that would change her or his life. I’d always wanted that to happen to me. And now I was sure this was it. "
174 " You are a Leopard Person only by the will of the Supreme Creator, and as we all know, She isn’t very concerned with Her own creations. "
175 " When I was five, I had asked my mother what it was like to give birth. She smiled and said that giving birth was the act of stepping back and letting your body take over. That childbirth was only one of thousands of things the body could do without the spirit. "
176 " But I hoped he couldn’t read my mind. No one needed to know that. Not even him. He chuckled, again. “That is to be decided by your actions, Phoenix. Not by your thoughts. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0)
177 " This was the type of cigarette that made people see God, slowed time and attracted happiness. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Remote Control
178 " would you have felt? "
179 " As she sat in her seat on the near-empty funky train home, she’d curled her body toward the window and shut her eyes. She took a deep breath, truly relaxing for the first time in hours, and this was when she felt that sensation of being pulled into two. Her eyes shot open and as she stared out the window, she began to quietly weep.‘Anyanwu?’ She whispered. And then she heard herself respond in a deep voice, ‘Sleep, Sunny, I am here. "
― Nnedi Okorafor , Akata Warrior (The Nsibidi Scripts #2)
180 " Who are the big eye? Are they a secret part of the American government or a powerful private corporation? Is there a difference? "