things fall apart

Narrator, Chapter 1

"He was a wealthy farmer and had two barns full of yams, and had just married his third wife"

Narrator, Chapter 3

"He had a bad chi or personal god, and evil fortune followed him to the grave, or rather to his death, for he had no grave"

Okonkwo, Chapter 4

"I will not have a son who cannot hold up his head in the gathering of the clan. I would sooner strangle him with my own hands"

Okonkwo, Chapter 5

"Sit like a woman!" Okonkwo shouted at her. Ezinma brought her two legs together and stretched them in front of her.”

The narrator, Chapter 5

"Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements."

Okonkwo, Chapter 8

"She should have been a boy," Okonkwo said to himself again. His mind went back to Ikemefuna and he shivered.

Narrator, Chapter 13

"It was a crime against the earth goddess to kill a clansman, and a man who committed it must flee from the land."

Obierika, Chapter 20

"The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. "

Narrator, Chapter 22

"One of the greatest crimes a man could commit was to unmask an egwugwu in public, or to say or do anything which might reduce its immortal prestige in the eyes of the uninitiated."

Narrator, Chapter 24

"Okonkwo slept very little that night. The bitterness in his heart was now mixed with a kind of childlike excitement. Before he had gone to bed he had brought down his war dress, which he had not touched since his return from exile."