It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.
Chinua AchebeAnybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.
Chinua AchebeMosquito [...] had asked Ear to marry him, whereupon Ear fell on the floor in uncontrollable laughter. "How much longer do you think you will live?" she asked. "You are already a skeleton." Mosquito went away humiliated, and any time he passed her way he told Ear that he was still alive.
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