The Night Masquerade Quotes

“The way people on Oomza Uni were so diverse and everyone handled that as if it were normal continued to surprise me. It was so unlike Earth, where wars were fought over and because of differences and most couldn't relate to anyone unless they were similar.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“A tree with strong roots laughs at storms.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“When elephants fight, the grass suffers.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“What’s the matter?” she asked, worried. “I’m afraid of what you’ll find.” “We’ll definitely find some interesting things, but nothing you can’t deal with, Binti. You already are what you are and you’re fine.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“It grows because it's alive.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“Even back then I had changed things, and I didn’t even know it. When I should have reveled in this gift, instead, I’d seen myself as broken. But couldn’t you be broken and still bring change?”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“I’d seen myself as broken. But couldn’t you be broken and still bring change?”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“I’m not meant to stay here. You know it. You’ve always known it. I was always going out into the desert. You know? Because it’s huge, it’s vast. When I look back, the desert and space, they feel similar.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“Beauty does not need a reason,” Okwu responded”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“When I should have reveled in this gift, instead, I’d seen myself as broken. But couldn’t you be broken and still bring change?”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“If there was one thing I had learned in all my strange journeys it was that what would be would be and sometimes you wait to see.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“I saw the White House while it was still worth seeing”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“Yes. But … no. Will you please tell me about Binti? My mother told me much. You tell me things too. And so it was an hour before Mwinyi went back to the escape of sleep, as he told New Fish all he knew about Binti. He even told New Fish how much he loved her and finished by surprising himself.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“I am not a follower, but there are times when all you can do is follow.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“Mwinyi abrió los ojos y respiró hondo. Le encantaba poder «conectar con la tierra», lo adoraba con toda su alma. El universo era un canto conectado de historias, y él podía escuchar esa canción allá donde fuera.
—No volveré a llevar zapatos nunca —susurró para sí mismo.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“Cuando los elefantes pelean, la hierba sufre.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“—¿No has aprendido nada de todo esto? —se quejó Mwinyi—. ¿Qué pensabas que era yo hace unos días? ¿Qué pensabas de todos los enyi zinariya? —Como no respondí, lo hizo él—: Creías que éramos salvajes. Te criaron para que lo creyeras, aunque tu propio padre sea uno de nosotros. Y sabes por qué. Estoy aquí, contándote cómo descubrí que era armonizador, y estás tan enredada entre tus mentiras que prefieres quedarte pensando si soy un espíritu antes que cuestionarte lo que te han enseñado.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade

“—(…) ¿Alguno recuerda siquiera por qué empezó la guerra? ¿Las medusas intentaron drenar los lagos? ¿Los khoush masacraron a una tribu pacífica de medusas exploradoras? ¿Secuestraron a la hija del líder khoush? Si os preguntara uno por uno, enumeraríais distintas historias de hace tanto tiempo que los nietos de los nietos de los posibles testigos llevan años muertos.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, The Night Masquerade