Quotes of Ben Okri

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Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.

- Ben Okri

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“ Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. ”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ We werent exactly lovers yet, But we were a little more then friends. We just kept meeting at the wrong time, but our connection never ends. ”

- Nikki Rowe

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ Family where life begins & love never ends. ”

- Unknown

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ If you care about someone enough, you’ll always be there for them no matter what. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ I can't make someone stay, but I can make me stay with someone. A successful relationship needs a constant decision to remain committed. ”

- Jeffrey Alcuizar Igot

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ Love isn't a feeling or emotion that changes timely, it's everlasting... ”

- Gandhi

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those thoughts will end up controlling your life. No one can live a positive life with a negative mind. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all. ”

- Leo Rosten

“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be... Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon... Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity. ”

- Ezra

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up. ”

- Roy T. Bennett