Quotes by : Chinua Achebe

As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which....

In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot....

A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food....

There is no story that is not true," said Uchendu. "The world has no end, and what is good among one....

In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot....

I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed....

Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed....

When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk

Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some....