The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. — Germaine Greer
Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together. — Unknown
There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts. — Neil Gaiman
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. — Albert Schweitzer
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together. — Marilyn Monroe
The rice grain suffers under the blow of the pestle. But admire its whiteness once the order is over. So it is with men and the world we live in. To be a man one must suffer the blows of misfortune. — Ho Chi Minh
Things don't fall apart. Things hold. Lines connect in thin ways that last and last and lives become generations made out of pictures and words just kept. — Lucille Clifton
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. — Edwin Markham
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, but to feel a few things twice.
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. — Chinua Achebe
Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found. — Pema Chodron
Living fire begets cold, impotent ash. — Chinua Achebe
Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that made him sick.
There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others. — Chinua Achebe
No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man. — Chinua Achebe
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb — Chinua Achebe
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk — Chinua Achebe
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
A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so. — Chinua Achebe
You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies. — Chinua Achebe
The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies. — Chinua Achebe
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. — Chinua Achebe
If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know. — Chinua Achebe
Beware Okonkwo!" she warned. "Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware! — Chinua Achebe
A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors. — Chinua Achebe
Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break. — Chinua Achebe
If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings. — Chinua Achebe
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. — Chinua Achebe
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. — Chinua Achebe
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. — Chinua Achebe
Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig. — Chinua Achebe
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