Ben Okri
Related The rules only applied toCAMERON STRACHER DEYTH BANGER Her parents told me about (the attack) a few days later; it was the strangest thing. We kind of hope... BOBBI VANDENBERG STEFAN EMUNDS She was disoriented. She was out and had to be helped to her corner, despite the fact that she was s... MAUREEN SHEA JODI PICOULT DAVID CROSBY MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK My feet took an involuntary step backward as I suddenly envisioned a world where I wasn't a hot temp... JENNIFER R. MCDONALD So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream 'I'm not going to... JON CROSBY I just could not take it in. Magnus was vulnerable in a way because he was hopelessly shy and had ne... FRANCIS JONES I know it (move) was tough on her. It was tough on me, losing her as an athlete, a student, and my d... SHELLY ARREDONDO RAINBOW ROWELL It was one of the best performances of my career. Passing shots and lobs worked really well for us. ... SHINOBU ASAGOE ROLAND JOFFE CHRISTINA ENGELA It shouldn't have mattered, not when Miel and the other girls in his class wore jeans more than they... ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE My first car was a Buick Skyhawk from, like, '78, I think. I ran that thing into the gutter. It ... SCOTT ADSIT I watched her hit balls, and after the first swing I knew that she could do it. I was standing there... GARY GILCHRIST BILLY CRYSTAL The last thing I am is a bigot. One of my problems is that I think I'm a comedian. It was all jokes.... JEANNINE GAGE DEYTH BANGER I was just standing around and suddenly I was cast as an extra. I hated it because I was so shy. DWAYNE HICKMAN RICK RIORDAN Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on ... RONALDO J.K. ROWLING BRUCE STERLING ANNE RICE CARSON MCCULLERS NICHOLAS SPARKS It lifted the vehicle 2 feet in the air. I was on fire, but I was able to climb out and roll away. WILLIAM WATSON Was it an instinct towards their future life together that she was already sensing, which made her p... SANA KRASIKOV STEPHEN CHBOSKY ERIC SPITZNAGEL The windows were blowing out, and something hit me in the head. I thought I was going to lose consci... DAISY BLACK CARLOS SLIM I didn't get to stop missing her. Ever. It was the thing that my life had handed me, and no matter h... JENNA EVANS WELCH That was the thing about Ben. He could get away with saying shit like that. I totally couldn’t. I ... BILL KONIGSBERG DENZEL WASHINGTON Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I ... LIZ MURRAY STEPHEN CHBOSKY The good thing was we had a win, which will boost the confidence of the players, and I thought it wa... COLIN COOPER My mother looked back at me while my father drove. Her long auburn hair was shimmering in the flicke... ZARA STEEN That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But... J.M. COETZEE It was pretty emotional. The hardest thing was not knowing. That's a parent's worst nightmare. Once ... DENNIS QUESENBERRY My mother was totally different from the mothers of my friends. She would never separate from me. In... CHANTAL AKERMAN It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing. KNUT HAMSUN I thought she was just gonna bring me home to die. That was my thinking. I don't wanna die here. I w... ANDREA PUMPER He was the strangest of strangers in that he was also her oldest friend. ANN BRASHARES Her story was about getting back on her feet and sticking it out. CANDICE LOMBARDO KURT VONNEGUT It was as if some magnetic repulsion, which before had kept our two carriages from meeting and passi... IAIN BANKS MIKE MILLS MAGGIE STIEFVATER RICHELLE MEAD C. JOYBELL C. STEVE JOBS It was phenomenal. We were on an isolated part of the island. Nothing to do. Just basketball. It was... ERIC MUSSELMAN I was born Roman, and I'll die Roman. I'll never leave this team or my city. FRANCESCO TOTTI JILLIAN HERVEY JEAN-MICHEL JARRE LENNY KRAVITZ HARUKI MURAKAMI JENNY HAN The woman looked at her heart in all of its fragments. Its voice was clear and true as it reminded h... ESTHER DALSENO She (Wallace) seems like she's 7 feet tall. Inside I just stayed behind her and kept my arms up and ... WHITNEY BALL SHERYL SWOOPES GINA GREENLEE MALCOLM MCLAREN I honestly don't know. I think it hit my arm or something, maybe. I shielded my face because it was ... BRIAN WOOLGER There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded.... SHAWN FANNING I was with my grandmother at the time and asked her, 'I think the thing blew up.' And, she was like,... DENNIS CLARK I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an... HUGH LEONARD PAUL BOWLES I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life... CAMILLE CLAUDEL I know we will look back on this and think how odd it was we were championing the rights of lone mot... HARRIET HARMAN J.K. ROWLING Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo... DANIEL OJEDA The biggest variable was the turf. On grass, passes that would be right at our feet scooted away fro... BOB SCHUCHARDT JACK KEROUAC AKIVA SCHAFFER But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor... SUE MILLER DEYTH BANGER The bravest battle that ever was fought;
Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the w... JOAQUIN MILLER (PSEUDONYM OF CINCINNATUS HINER MILLER) Half our problem last season was that we leaked too many goals, so I decided we needed more solidity... MICKY ADAMS JENNIFER GARNER You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN We were expecting it to be a closer game than what it was. But when you get in passing lanes like we... DUSTIN BAINTER I remember when I was in 'Rent,' Daphne Rubin-Vega threw a party. At the time, she had a lof... LESLIE ODOM, JR. (Clapper) was dominating. Her second quarter was outstanding. She dominated inside, she was aggressi... MATT SCHMELZER RICHARD CARMONA From what I could see, nothing was happening. The only thing I found in my house that was worth taki... JOSEPH WILLIAMS WERNER HEISENBERG It hadn't been returned, so she went to East St. Louis to look for it on her own. When she found it,... GARY BREWER When she left, it was like someone had ripped my heart out, crumbled it up like a flimsy piece of lo... STEPH CAMPBELL I remember being on Sabine Lake at midnight, and Hurricane Rita was several miles offshore. Standing... BEN MCGEE I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and t... ED SPELEERS I would never do anything like that to her, even if she isn't my favorite person in the world. It wa... DANA CONVISSAR Coach Lopez said if it is out there, the pitch will find me. It seems like almost every game I am ge... COLT SEDBROOK I really thought I was gonna die. I told the doctors, 'Let me go instead of running up this big bill... CARL JACKSON
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As I stumbled into confusion about what was real and what was not, the strangest thing happened: The... 
I didn't think i could possibly love another baby as much as I loved the one I'd already had," I con... 
It was probably the strangest thing that's ever happened in the world, 
I was born as a soldier and will die as one. 
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I think that will be a lot of fun for audiences to get the same stream of consciousness that was goi... 
The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ... 
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The cord, a familiar voice said. Remember your lifeline, dummy!
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because the past was always around her and might return at any time. It prowled the world searching ... 
I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... 
After we hung up, I took the joint. If I was going to die here, in the creepy basement out of a horr... 
First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bou... 
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They gave Pandora a box. Prometheus begged her not to open it. She opened it. Every evil to which hu... 
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I was suddenly overwhelmed by what an incredible person this boy was, standing in front of me, and b... 
I felt like someone had ripped my heart out and tossed it across the other side of the room. There w... 
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Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. 
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