Hopes and Impediments Quotes

“Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.”
― Chinua Achebe, Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays

“The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of re-education and re-generation that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front.”
― Chinua Achebe, Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays