# Quote — Ben Okri, Dangerous Love

> Our society is a battlefield. Poverty, corruption and hunger are the bullets. Bad governments are the bombs.

- Author: [Ben Okri](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri.md)
- Book: [Dangerous Love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Okri#Dangerous_Love_(1996)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/our-society-is-a-battlefield

## More from this book

> Quiet people are the most dangerous.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/quiet-people-are.md)

> So long as a canvas is empty its potential is infinite… The empty canvas can become a gateway into the landscape of nightmares or a vision of sensual bliss.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/so-long-as-a-canvas.md)

> 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 and the wonder of our lives to the farthest corners of the world. Build your strength. Destiny is difficult.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/be-like-the.md)