"Things Fall Apart" Quotes
The rise and fall of Okonkwo, a respected leader in an Igbo village, as colonialism disrupts his world.
fiction | 176 pages | Published in 2013
Quotes
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.
A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving.
Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.
A child cannot pay for its mother's milk.
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.
As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.
The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.
The man who has no wife is not a complete man.
A man does not challenge his chi to a wrestling match.
The best way to eat an elephant in your path is to cut him up into little pieces.
