"A prophet with a locked mouth is neither a prophet nor a man”"

"“I am going to help him do something with his life”"

"Child bearing is always profitable. For were not our fathers wise. Who looked upon the motion of our livesAnd said,Th…"

"Any mother would be concerned if herdaughter refused to get married six years afterher puberty. If I do not worry abo…"

"How would I know what he is like. Doeshe not come from Nsona House? And is not thatone of the best Houses that are he…"

"But in the end, they are not people. They become too much like the Gods they interpret”"

"Barren!If it is real barrenness. Then, oh stranger-girl, Whom I do not know,I weep for you. For I know what it is to …"

"My wife, do remember I am a man, theson of a woman who also has five sisters. It is along time since I gave up trying…"

"heirlooms, kentes and gold ornaments, which none ofus younger generation had ever seen before were all pawned"

"Could we not have waited until thisevening or dawn tomorrow?"