The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
CHINUA ACHEBELiterature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
CHINUA ACHEBEThere is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
CHINUA ACHEBEA coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
CHINUA ACHEBEJust think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
CHINUA ACHEBEBecome familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
CHINUA ACHEBEIf you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
CHINUA ACHEBEStorytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
CHINUA ACHEBEI prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
CHINUA ACHEBEEach of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhat a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
CHINUA ACHEBEOne of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
CHINUA ACHEBEHe is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
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