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Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes

Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London Picture Quote #1

All people have dignity. There’s nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit Picture Quote #1

I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of ‘follow in my footsteps.’ Picture Quote #1

In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, ‘Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?’ Picture Quote #1

Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize Picture Quote #1

There’s no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can’t think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point Picture Quote #1

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Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane Picture Quote #1

When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed to be under apartheid - I arrived there in 1991 - but here a black person had more say and had more influence over his white government than an average Kenyan had over the Moi government Picture Quote #1

It’s like I was always not quite sure even how to move in space somehow; I would watch people and then copy them. I found it really hard to walk straight. My brother was always on at me for walking off the pavement. I guess I always expected people to bring me back into line Picture Quote #1

It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake Nakuru would rise like the ruffle at the edge of a skirt; and I am pockmarked with whole-body pinpricks of potentiality. A stretch of my body would surely stretch as far as the sky. The whole universe poised, and I am the agent of any movement Picture Quote #1

There’s no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can’t think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point Picture Quote #1

Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane Picture Quote #1

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I love playing with words and texture Picture Quote #1

Every human being has a bit of gangster in him Picture Quote #1

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated Picture Quote #1

People reach an age... where somebody elses platform is no longer yours Picture Quote #1

All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit Picture Quote #1

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Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) All people have dignity. There’s nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit. (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of ‘follow in my footsteps.’ (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, ‘Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?’ (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize. (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) There’s no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can’t think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point. (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane. (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed to be under apartheid - I arrived there in 1991 - but here a black person had more say and had more influence over his white government than an average Kenyan had over the Moi government (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) It’s like I was always not quite sure even how to move in space somehow; I would watch people and then copy them. I found it really hard to walk straight. My brother was always on at me for walking off the pavement. I guess I always expected people to bring me back into line (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake Nakuru would rise like the ruffle at the edge of a skirt; and I am pockmarked with whole-body pinpricks of potentiality. A stretch of my body would surely stretch as far as the sky. The whole universe poised, and I am the agent of any movement (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) There’s no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can’t think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) I love playing with words and texture (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) Every human being has a bit of gangster in him (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) People reach an age... where somebody elses platform is no longer yours (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes) All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit (Binyavanga Wainaina Quotes)