Dying away from home, away from the soil of your birth - and to do so unseen and unmourned - is a profound horror.
I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing.
- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize.
Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it.
Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away.
I can edit into infinity. It's such a joy. I'd probably edit until the last word. Until there's only one word left. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
I can edit into infinity. It's such a joy. I'd probably edit until the last word. Until there's only one word left.
I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.
For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future.
Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it's recorded, outsourcing memory to technology. - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it's recorded, outsourcing memory to technology.
Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means ever… - Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means ever…
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