A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen 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.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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My weapon is literature.
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Women and music should not be dated.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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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.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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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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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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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
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It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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