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Dora Okeyo

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Dora is wandering somewhere along the shores of Lake Victoria.
She is the author of The Currents Series, Sifuna, Confessions of a Chair and Zuri: The Chronicler of Enzi.
Her most recent work is Laana: Daughter of the Middle World.


Average rating: 3.81 · 59 ratings · 23 reviews · 25 distinct works
The Crown of the Sea

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I Love You This Much

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Fire

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Zuri: The Chronicler of Enzi

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Say You Love Me

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Water

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Earth (Currents Series Book 4)

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Wind

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Choose Me

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Energy

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I watched you walk away,

It’s your heart that I couldn’t sway.

So, I watched you walk away,

And counted the footprints that led you away.

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“Love is watching two people fall in love and become one.”
Dora Okeyo, I Love You This Much
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“I learned another rule, men don't buy men flowers”
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tags: humor

“People love those they can, but hate those they don't understand.”
Dora Okeyo, I Love You This Much

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”
Ayn Rand

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
Mark Twain

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message 4: by Dora

Dora Okeyo thank you Raven, that means a lot. Feel free to drop by and read some more.


message 3: by Raven

Raven L I understand, it is crazy. You seem like a beautiful writer


message 2: by Dora

Dora Okeyo Thanks for stopping by to check out my blog and am glad you read that piece, because it still beats me just how much donor funding has helped Kenya and Africa as a whole.


message 1: by Raven

Raven L I just read One Step Every Time on your blog and that had my attention!


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