He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.

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

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.

Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

Naming is like putting a stamp on something and fixing it. A kind of formaldehyde sort of fixation, but it becomes dead, sitting there forever, frozen. So, I'm not a great one for these modernist, post modernist, post colonial labels. I think they serve certain purpose. You do need some kind of sign post here and there, but it can also become an end in itself.

I grew up recognizing that there was nobody to give me any advice and that you do your best and if it's not good enough, someday you will come to terms with that.