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Ben Okri

"I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable."

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"I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable."

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"Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends."

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"I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness."

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"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."

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"Friendships founded on laughter are always fortuitous."

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"Anna would like you, he thinks, looking into her face. Anna would like you."

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"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."

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"Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead."

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"We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

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"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

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"Only air and light and the love of friends! Let no man lose heart who still has these."

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