Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty Quotes

“The hawk plays with the pigeon and the pigeon is happy, but not knowing that it is playing with death.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“A tormentor forces his victims to be hardy.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“I had forgotten that things might change in future and that promise was a debt.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“The rope of the truth is thin but there is nobody who can cut it; the rope of lie is thick as a large pillar but it can be cut easily into a thousand pieces.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“Truths are failed to sell in the market but lies are purchased with high price without pricing it.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“A tortoise's shell is a house of the poverty and if the tortoise is taken to the wealthy town, it will still be living in its house of poverty.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“A cruel man cannot change another man's destiny.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“There is no chance for other matter in the stomach of a hungry person.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty