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Quotes from Devil on the Cross — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

1938–2025 Kenya

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The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Devil on the Cross (1980)

Gatuĩria was at least aware that the slavery of language is the slavery of the mind and nothing to be proud of."

Devil on the Cross (1980)

Therefore there are two hearts: the heart built by the clan of parasites, the evil heart; and the heart built by the clan of producers, the good heart."

Devil on the Cross (1980)

Who has told you that prophesy is yours alone, to keep to yourself? Why are you furnishing yourself with empty excuses? If you do that, you will never be free of tears and pleading cries."

Devil on the Cross (1980)

I would even say that too much education can be a form of foolishness."

Devil on the Cross (1980)

Our people, think: I, Wangarĩ, a Kenyan by birth—how can I be a vagrant in my own country as if I were a foreigner?"

Devil on the Cross (1980)

There is no difference between old and modern stories. Stories are stories. All stories are old. All stories are new. All stories belong to tomorrow. And stories are not about ogres or about animals or about men. All stories are about human beings."

Devil on the Cross (1980)

To the Kareendis of modern Kenya, isn't each day exactly the same as all the others? For the day on which they are born is the very day on which every part of their body is buried except one—they are left with a single organ. So when will the Kareendis of modern Kenya wipe the tears from their faces? When will they ever discover laughter?"

Devil on the Cross (1980)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.