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Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.

Chinua Achebe

My weapon is literature.
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Literature Myself Weapon
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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Brother Fools Treat Worst
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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Bone Fall Myself Son
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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Break Oneself Wings
While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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Charity Forget Goodness Lying Necessary Reality Solution Work
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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Dance Important See Yourself
If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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Easy Leadership Manufacture Preparation Reason Yourself
Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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Book Creation Different Myself People
When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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Attention Comfortable Commitment Grave Risk Run
A debt may get mouldy, but it never decays.
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Debt Decay
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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Art Conversation Eat Word
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
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?
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Angry Collapse Quit Reason Therapy Trouble
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
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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Development Finding Rural Thinking

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