410 Quotes by Chinua Achebe

After a war life catches desperately at passing hints of normalcy like vines entwining a hollow twig.

The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership,

You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.

Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.

The women are, of course, the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world and, if we are to believe the Book of Genesis, the very oldest.

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it.

The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front.