What did Chinua Achebe mean by: The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria Copy
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Awareness, Danger, Superstition, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Alliance, Morality, Power, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Despair, Resilience, Surprise, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
A boy sent by his father to steal does not go stealthily but breaks the door with his feet. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Confrontation, Disobedience, Rebellion, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Deception, Observation, Uncertainty, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Empathy, Interconnectedness, Respect, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Adaptation, Home, Work, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Guidance, Protection, Strength, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
