One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
CHINUA ACHEBEArt is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’
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The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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