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Chinua Achebe quotes

Nigerian Writer November 16, 1930

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There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different..."
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. Chinua Achebe
Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings. Chinua Achebe
I would be quite satisfied if my novels (especially the ones I set in the past) did no more than teach my readers that their past - with all its imperfections - was not one long night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God's behalf delivered them Chinua Achebe
The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "When I began going to school and learned to read, I..."
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. Chinua Achebe
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for..."
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but..."
That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own..."
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness Chinua Achebe
It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have - otherwise their surviving would have no meaning. Chinua Achebe
...Let me say that I do think decency and civilization would insist that the writer take sides with the powerless. Clearly, there's no moral obligation to write in any particular way. But there is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless. I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "...Nothing puzzles God"
...Nothing puzzles God Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very..."
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe quote: "Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has..."
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. Chinua Achebe

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