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

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look.

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.

When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth

It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.

A snake was never called by its name at night, because it would hear. It was called a string.

I do not know how to thank you.''I can tell you, ' said Obierika. 'Kill one of your sons for me.''That will not be enough, ' said Okonkwo.'Then kill yourself, ' said Obierika.

There is no story that is not true, " said Uchendu. "The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.

A book is sacred gift.

KIM: I wanted to make it on my own.KURT: You will. The problem is, sometimes you just need one person to put you in touch with the other. It’s how it all starts.

Actually, the moment of victory is wonderful, but also sad. It means that your trip is ended.

You only have to talk to artists to see that they work according to rules, and that they know all too well that they can employ only certain means to achieve the ends they want.

I take a whole life story and compress it into three minutes.

Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them before Christmas to see if their antidote worked.

I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path.

If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts.

I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.