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"The bleak, water-filled hole on the outskirts of town was a local legend. Since there'd never been any digging around there, it couldn't have been an actual quarry, but the city had labeled it as such to counteract local lore that said its origins were extraterrestrial." — Sep 21, 2026 11:21AM
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"I argue that what hampered the evolution and proliferation of Nigerian SF in the twentieth-century was the reliance on the paradigm of ‘writing back’ that dominated postcolonial theory and the approach of many critics and writers towards contemporary Nigerian literature." — Jul 05, 2026 12:28PM
"I argue that what hampered the evolution and proliferation of Nigerian SF in the twentieth-century was the reliance on the paradigm of ‘writing back’ that dominated postcolonial theory and the approach of many critics and writers towards contemporary Nigerian literature." — Jul 05, 2026 12:28PM
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"“OH, LOOK!” I roared. “Another impassable chasm, how lovely!”" — Jun 22, 2026 11:48AM
"“OH, LOOK!” I roared. “Another impassable chasm, how lovely!”" — Jun 22, 2026 11:48AM
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Bash pictures Tafawa Balewa propped in a sitting position against a tree at a roadside just outside Lagos, in a flowing white gown, bloodied, unmoving, misbaha prayer beads in his right hand. And he pictures JFK by way of Zapruder, head
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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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“Hearts are made to be broken.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
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“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“So many books, so little time.”
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