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I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their emotion and history. Nobody has an absolute reality.

Ben Okri

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Ben Okri
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: March 15
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I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.
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The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.
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Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.
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When you stop inventing reality then you see things as they really are.
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