Quote by Chinua Achebe
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of

But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. – Chinua Achebe

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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

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Women
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you dont just turn it off one day. – Chinua Achebe

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strength
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, thats the time to do something about it, not when its around your neck. – Chinua Achebe

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In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyones existence in this world. – Wislawa Szymborska

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I know Im not a wordsmith. And I dont write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because its really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels. – Candace Bushnell

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I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, its just obtuse to them. Its hard to relate to. – Jewel

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True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. – Eugenio Montale

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