will the crocodile not feed if there are no fishes in the river? will the hen not peck its chick if its does not heed to her warnings? he stopped at his heels and started singing a very strange song.

Yet Nathan appreciated being alone as he sipped his cold glass of beer. It gave him time to think. In the next thirty minutes or so, the flight he was waiting for would land and his day would begin. It was autumn in the capital, and the clear skies created an illusion of a city that was at peace with itself.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest - without asking to be paid.

There is no problem in this world that cannot be solved.

I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers.