There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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If 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.
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Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
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Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
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My weapon is literature.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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There is no story that is not true.
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