It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have – otherwise their surviving would have no meaning.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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I don’t like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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There is no story that is not true.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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