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Chinua Achebe
“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, Things Fall Apart

F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Chinua Achebe
“When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk”
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Jorge Luis Borges
“Leaving behind the babble of the plaza, I enter the Library. I feel, almost physically, the gravitation of the books, the enveloping serenity of order, time magically dessicated and preserved.”
Jorge Luis Borges, Dreamtigers

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, Things Fall Apart

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