Barbette

“A simple rotation of the object solves a great many problems.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

“It was the time of the full moon. But that night the voice of children was not heard. The village ilo where they always gathered for a moon-play was empty. The women of Iguedo did not meet in their secret enclosure to learn a new dance to be displayed later to the village. Young men who were always abroad in the moonlight kept their huts that night. Their manly voices were not heard on the village paths as they went to visit their friends and lovers. Umuofia was like a startled animal with ears erect, sniffing the silent, ominous air and not knowing which way to run.”
― Chinua Achebe, THINGS FALL APART

“Having spoken plainly so far, Okoye said the next half a dozen sentences in proverbs. Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.”
― Chinua Achebe, THINGS FALL APART

“The oldest man present said sternly that those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.”
― Chinua Achebe, THINGS FALL APART