Chinua Achebe Quote

If the clan did not exact punishment for an offense against the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender. As the elders said, if one finger brought oil it soiled all the others.


Chapter 13 (p. 118) - Things Fall Apart (1958)


If the clan did not exact punishment for an offense against the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender. As...

If the clan did not exact punishment for an offense against the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender. As...

If the clan did not exact punishment for an offense against the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender. As...

If the clan did not exact punishment for an offense against the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender. As...