Lagoon Nnedi Okorafor Quotes

#1. 'Lagoon' is an ambitious novel.

Nnedi Okorafor

#2. Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense.

Roger Penrose

#3. You are looking at the largest portal ever. The internet. You can start on the Wikipedia page for jelly donut, and four link clicks later, end up on the meaning of life.

Jake

#4. People's sense of how they talk tends to differ from the reality.

John McWhorter

#5. Humor comes in all forms, and everyone has their cup of tea about what makes them laugh. But the day we censor humor is a sad one for sure.

Marlee Matlin

#6. Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover ... refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives.

Norman Vincent Peale

#7. I've never read a book [ Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon] like it before. Big and sprawling with a million points of view, including sea creatures. It's about an alien invasion that starts in Lagos, Nigeria but, really, that's just the starting point.

Justine Larbalestier

#8. The mother who takes pains to endow her children with good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days.

Charlotte Mason