"A dread filled me, a dread unlike any I had ever felt. Not the terror of God, or his angels, but the sickly fear of man." ― Aminatta Forna From Aminatta Forna Writer Added on 1/31/2026 About Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her works include the memoir The Devil That Danced on the Water and novels such as The Memory of Love and Happiness. View all quotes from Aminatta Forna