Things Fall Apart Important Quotes

Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back.

We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought the stories were true.

Beware Okonkwo!” she warned. “Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!

Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.

When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something.

There is no story that is not true.

When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.

At the most one could say that his chi or … personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly; so his chi agreed.

We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret
perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

All Quiet on the Western Front.