Things Fall Apart : Quotations
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Quotations
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“Okonkwo had clearly washed his hands and so he ate with the kings and elders.”
“Okonkwo was ruled by one passion—to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved.”
“He was not afraid of war. He was … a man of war.”
“That boy calls you father. … Bear no hand in his death.”
“It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth.”
“Never kill a man who says nothing.”
“Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.”
“He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
“Okonkwo was deeply grieved. … He mourned for the clan … for the warlike men.”
“He had already chosen the title … The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.”