Let everything you're suffering now give you every reason in the world to master your life and your art. Live deeply, fully. Be like the tortoise - grow a hard shell to protect your strong heart. Be like the eagle - soar above your pain and carry the banner the the wonder of our lives to the farthest corners of the world. Build your strength.
Destiny is difficult.
The people without knowing it will always be on your side. They will nourish your soul. Never forget that the people suffer too and struggle, and you will be safe in art. Okri has become the leading figure of his generation of Nigerian writers, who have largely abandoned the social and historical themes of Chinua Achebe , and brought together modernist narrative strategies and Nigerian oral and literary tradition.