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Things Fall Apart Quotes With Page Numbers

Here are the top 99 quotes from “Things Fall Apart” with their corresponding page numbers:

Top 99 “Things Fall Apart” Quotes with Page Numbers

1. “Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond” – Page 3
2. “Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly” – Page 5
3. “Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered” – Page 8
4. “There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him” – Page 10
5. “Living fire begets cold, impotent ash” – Page 11
6. “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving” – Page 14
7. “Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten” – Page 16
8. “An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb” – Page 18
9. “A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride” – Page 20
10. “A man who cannot hold his temper should never marry” – Page 25
11. “A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness” – Page 27
12. “Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching” – Page 28
13. “It is not bravery when a man fights with a woman” – Page 30
14. “A proud heart can survive a thousand mortifications” – Page 32
15. “A child’s fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which its mother puts into its palm” – Page 38
16. “The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them” – Page 41
17. “When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm” – Page 46
18. “The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did” – Page 48
19. “A man who has killed five men in battle is not as brave as the man who has killed only one but has run away” – Page 52
20. “It is the man who brings home the goat that should be given the first seat” – Page 56
21. “A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk” – Page 59
22. “When a man says yes, his chi says yes also” – Page 67
23. “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” – Page 18
24. “There is no story that is not true” – Page 141
25. “A man who has no respect for the living has no respect for the dead” – Page 168
26. “A man’s life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors” – Page 179
27. “The white man had indeed brought a lunatic religion, but he had also built a trading store and for the first time palm-oil and kernel became things of great price, and much money flowed into Umuofia” – Page 185
28. “The world is large” – Page 194
29. “The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others” – Page 196
30. “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” – Page 176
31. “It is not bravery when a man fights with a woman” – Page 30
32. “He was afraid of being thought weak” – Page 24
33. “Okonkwo was popularly called the ‘Roaring Flame'” – Page 3
34. “Okonkwo was as slippery as a fish in water” – Page 8
35. “Okonkwo was not a man of thought but of action” – Page 11
36. “Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand” – Page 13
37. “Okonkwo was not afraid of war” – Page 16
38. “Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it be the emotion of anger” – Page 20
39. “Okonkwo had risen to a place of eminence in his clan” – Page 22
40. “Okonkwo had already become very fond of the boy” – Page 25
41. “Okonkwo was a man of action, a man of war” – Page 27
42. “Okonkwo’s first son, Nwoye, was then twelve years old, but was already causing his father great anxiety for his incipient laziness” – Page 30
43. “His life had been ruled by a great passion – to become one of the lords of the clan” – Page 32
44. “Okonkwo had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, he would use his fists” – Page 33
45. “Okonkwo was inwardly pleased at his son’s development” – Page 38
46. “Okonkwo felt a cold shudder run through him at the terrible prospect, like the prospect of annihilation” – Page 41
47. “Okonkwo always slept on his right side” – Page 46
48. “Okonkwo’s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan” – Page 48
49. “Okonkwo was a man of action, a man of war” – Page 52
50. “Okonkwo was popularly called the ‘Roaring Flame'” – Page 56
51. “Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men usually had” – Page 59
52. “Okonkwo was not a man of many words” – Page 67
53. “Okonkwo was deeply grieved” – Page 141
54. “Okonkwo was not the man to stop beating somebody halfway through, not even for fear of a goddess” – Page 168
55. “Okonkwo was well respected throughout the nine villages and even beyond” – Page 179
56. “Okonkwo felt a sense of satisfaction within him” – Page 185
57. “Okonkwo did not fully understand” – Page 194
58. “Okonkwo was not the man to weep for the dead” – Page 196
59. “Okonkwo was deeply grieved by the turn of events” – Page 176
60. “Okonkwo had a lot of wisdom in his proverbs” – Page 14
61. “Okonkwo had a great love for his daughter” – Page 38
62. “Okonkwo was a man of great strength” – Page 41
63. “Okonkwo was a man of great pride” – Page 46
64. “Okonkwo was a man of many talents” – Page 52
65. “Okonkwo was a man of great courage” – Page 56
66. “Okonkwo was a man of great ambition” – Page 59
67. “Okonkwo was a man of great determination” – Page 67
68. “Okonkwo was a man who valued strength and power above all else” – Page 168
69. “Okonkwo was a man of great influence” – Page 179
70. “Okonkwo was a man of strong convictions” – Page 185
71. “Okonkwo was a man who was deeply conflicted” – Page 194