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.
CHINUA ACHEBEPrivilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.
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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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Women and music should not be dated.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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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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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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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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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!
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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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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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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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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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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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