Top quotes by Chinua Achebe

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 -  Chinua Achebe

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them."

"The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart." - Chinua Achebe

"My weapon is literature" - Chinua Achebe

"The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary." - Chinua Achebe

"Charity ... is the opium of the privileged." - Chinua Achebe

"It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors." - Chinua Achebe

"People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories." - Chinua Achebe

"One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised." - Chinua Achebe