If you were to loose the habit of making the effort to get the book and read the words one by one you would have lost something terribly important. So I think that we have a task to ensure that this doesn't happen.

You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

I couldn't tell you why but now I know a story is in fact where you discover who you are, where a culture discovers what it is and I just think that this is a terribly important place to get into and that I would enjoy it.

Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.