# Taduno's Song

- Author: [Odafe Atogun](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun.md)
- Quotes: 12
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song

## Quotes

> This is my life now. I’m grateful that I have arrived at this point. This is where I had always wanted to be; writing full-time is much more challenging than I had imagined, but I’m truly enjoying the experience and learning from it each day.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/this-is-my-life.md)

> For me, writing is a journey, and the start of that journey is a well-worn ritual that I must observe for several days before I can even begin.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/for-me-writing.md)

> You showed up claiming to be somebody we know. We all see you as a man who has lost his identity—in fact, a man who has lost his mind…

p. 24 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/you-showed-up-claiming.md)

> Studying the handwriting on the envelope, his eyes lit up in recognition. But then a frown crept across his face and he wondered how a letter simply marked TADUNO—no last name, no address, just Taduno—managed to reach him in a nameless foreign town.

p. 1 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/studying-the-handwriting.md)

> I go to sleep at about 8.30pm, waking up just before midnight to continue my work. It is much calmer at night, there is perfect peace.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/i-go-to-sleep.md)

> I could stay under the shower for an eternity. Maybe in my next life I will come back as a fish.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/i-could-stay.md)

> Build a life elsewhere.

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/build-a-life.md)

> Life is so funny. Ironic. I used to believe that my books would make me rich, but it looks like it might be the computer that produced my books that makes me rich.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/life-is-so-funny.md)

> Sometimes, when I’m drained from writing, I take a break and count my shoes, of which there are a few dozen. I remember the days when I had no shoes at all, as a child living under a master who had two wives.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/sometimes-when-im-drained.md)

> Did you have to sneak home like a thief in the night?

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/did-you-have.md)

> I write mostly at night when the world is asleep, and when the world stirs I allow myself a couple of hours’ sleep

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/i-write-mostly.md)

> It is almost noon by the time I sit down at my perfectly arranged desk, and from then I write until my neighbour’s dogs start to bark. They can’t see me but I glare at them through my window anyway. The harder I glare the louder they bark. I keep writing while they bark and tell myself that I must learn to write to the barking of dogs. If they refuse to stop, I open the window, place a small speaker on the ledge and play loud music. I leave my study for a while and use the opportunity to get something to eat. The music often does the trick: the dogs stop barking and I can return to my study to continue writing.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/odafe-atogun/tadunos-song/it-is-almost.md)