7+ Aminatta Forna Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Aminatta Forna quotes and sayings.

All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth. — Aminatta Forna

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. — Aminatta Forna

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted. — Aminatta Forna

The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordinary shape-shifting prose that makes this not just an important novel, but a remarkable read. — Aminatta Forna

Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. — Aminatta Forna

If you want to know a country, read its writers. — Aminatta Forna

What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that. — Aminatta Forna