Binti Quotes

“I awoke to the universe.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: The Complete Trilogy

“It grows because it is alive.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: The Complete Trilogy

“Just like the strange sensation of my okuoko when I first felt them, this was . . . this was beautiful. I felt the pain and glory of growth, was straining and shuddering with it.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: The Complete Trilogy

“Amongst the Himba, you "were what you knew you were once you knew what you were and that was that", to quote my village's chief Kapika.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Binti: The Complete Trilogy