Hatred is a leech: The thing that sticks to a person's skin… - Chigozie Obioma

" "
Hatred is a leech: The thing that sticks to a person's skin; that feeds off them and drains the sap out of one's spirit. It changes a person, and does not leave until it has sucked the last drop of peace from them.

Chigozie Obioma

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Chigozie Obioma

Chigozie Obioma (born 1968) is a Nigerian writer and assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

All quotes from Chigozie Obioma Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Chigozie Obioma:

John Steinbeck Joseph Conrad Louise Erdrich George Eliot William Faulkner

Additional quotes by Chigozie Obioma

There are some rhetorical moves that I wouldn’t be able to make if I didn’t know these languages. In terms of writing figurative language, I probably pull a lot from Yoruba imagery…

Time is not a living creature that can listen to pleas, nor is it a man who can delay.

I'd heard someone say that the end of most things often bears a resemblance - even if faint - to their beginnings

Hatred is a leech: The thing that sticks to a person's skin; that feeds off them and drains the sap out of one's spirit. It changes a person, and doe… - Chigozie Obioma

About Chigozie Obioma

Additional quotes by Chigozie Obioma