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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes

Kenya is an immense land with a capacity for healing Picture Quote #1

Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don’t quite realize Picture Quote #1

Even if we want to eradicate our ghosts, our dead, our murdered, even if you erase a name and the record of the existence of a person, somebody remembers Picture Quote #1

Even though we’ve written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don’t think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything Picture Quote #1

Dying away from home, away from the soil of your birth - and to do so unseen and unmourned - is a profound horror Picture Quote #1

Even if you’re in charge of the grand story there’s still memory. The other stories do not go away Picture Quote #1

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Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they’re never commemorated Picture Quote #1

Dying away from home, away from the soil of your birth - and to do so unseen and unmourned - is a profound horror Picture Quote #1

Even though we’ve written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don’t think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything Picture Quote #1

Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it’s recorded, outsourcing memory to technology Picture Quote #1

Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in Picture Quote #1

It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think Kenya is the only country that tries to induce amnesia - it seems to be a global phenomenon. But offenses do not die. They do not disappear Picture Quote #1

Even if we want to eradicate our ghosts, our dead, our murdered, even if you erase a name and the record of the existence of a person, somebody remembers Picture Quote #1

For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future Picture Quote #1

I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance Picture Quote #1

I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing Picture Quote #1

I can edit into infinity. It’s such a joy. I’d probably edit until the last word. Until there’s only one word left Picture Quote #1

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Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it Picture Quote #1

Kenya is a mercurial character. I feel the country has a presence that can turn on its people in a very violent way Picture Quote #1

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Kenya is an immense land with a capacity for healing (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don’t quite realize (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Even if we want to eradicate our ghosts, our dead, our murdered, even if you erase a name and the record of the existence of a person, somebody remembers. (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Even though we’ve written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don’t think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything. (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Dying away from home, away from the soil of your birth - and to do so unseen and unmourned - is a profound horror. (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Even if you’re in charge of the grand story there’s still memory. The other stories do not go away (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they’re never commemorated (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Dying away from home, away from the soil of your birth - and to do so unseen and unmourned - is a profound horror (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Even though we’ve written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don’t think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it’s recorded, outsourcing memory to technology (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) I don’t think Kenya is the only country that tries to induce amnesia - it seems to be a global phenomenon. But offenses do not die. They do not disappear (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Even if we want to eradicate our ghosts, our dead, our murdered, even if you erase a name and the record of the existence of a person, somebody remembers (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) I can edit into infinity. It’s such a joy. I’d probably edit until the last word. Until there’s only one word left (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes) Kenya is a mercurial character. I feel the country has a presence that can turn on its people in a very violent way (Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Quotes)