in Umuahia, a town in the land of the great fathers... - Chigozie Obioma

The true being of a man is hidden behind the wall of flesh and blood from the eyes of everyone else, including his own.

Mother was a falconer. The one who stood on the hills and watched, trying to stave off whatever ill she perceived was coming to her children. She owned copies of our minds in the pockets of her own mind and so could easily sniff troubles early in their forming, the same way sailors discern the forming foetus of a coming storm.

You’re a beautiful man.