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Ben Okri

"You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones."

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"You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones."

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"I had the most beautiful dream, and then I fell asleep in your arms and my dream turned lovelier still."

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"They all dreamt of each other that night, as was natural, considering how thin the partitions were between them, and how strangely they had been lifted off the earth to sit next each other in mid-ocean, and see every detail of each others' faces, and hear whatever they chanced to say."

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"Life happens when you get lost in a dream."

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"In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the sensation of cold and darkness everywhere. I am so scared I could scream. But when I open my mouth, nothing happens. And I wonder if you fall forever and never touch down, is it really still falling? I think I will fall forever."

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"Genius is an African who dreams up snow."

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"The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker."

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"Unsure how to answer, I took another grape. Time was no problem for me, but I wasn't eager to hear the long life story of a dwarf. And besides, this was a dream. It could evaporate any moment."

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"World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams."

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"Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?"

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