When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you dont just turn it off one day. – Chinua Achebe
Ive had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. – Chinua Achebe
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
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. – Chinua Achebe
The lips on my upper right bicep are my girlfriends lips. She has the most amazing lips, and I wanted to carry them around with me everywhere I go, considering I cant carry her lips physically with me. So I decided to place them in a discreet location, such as the inside part of my bicep. – Jake Owen