My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
CHINUA ACHEBEIf I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
-
-
The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
CHINUA ACHEBE -
The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
CHINUA ACHEBE -
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
CHINUA ACHEBE -
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
CHINUA ACHEBE






