# Quote — Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow

> I am human, i am a human being, a soul, and not a piece of garbage, no matter how poor and ragged I look, and I deserve respect, he heard himself say, time and again as he descended to and repossessed his body."

- Author: [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ngugi-wa-thiongo.md)
- Book: [Wizard of the Crow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ngugi-wa-thiongo/wizard-of-the-crow.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ng%C5%A9g%C4%A9_wa_Thiong'o#Wizard_of_the_Crow_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ngugi-wa-thiongo/wizard-of-the-crow/i-am-human

## More from this book

> Stories, like food, lose their flavor if cooked in a hurry.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ngugi-wa-thiongo/wizard-of-the-crow/stories-like-food.md)

> for I had reached a point in my life when I came to view words differently. A closer look at language could reveal the secret of life.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ngugi-wa-thiongo/wizard-of-the-crow/for-i-had.md)

> That was one of the most rewarding things about spending nights in the open. Birds were bound to wake you up, and whether they carried good or bad luck, at least they woke you up with music.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ngugi-wa-thiongo/wizard-of-the-crow/that-was-one.md)