Chinua Achebe Quote

This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that things will go better, but difficulties exist and nothing is served by hiding them under a poetic veil or under a lyricism of the past. I am against slogans.


Conversations with Chinua Achebe (ed. 1997)


This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that things will go better, but difficulties...

This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that things will go better, but difficulties...

This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that things will go better, but difficulties...

This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that things will go better, but difficulties...