Doesn't she look like the type that would drive men to madness and self-destruction?
Quotes from A Dance of the Forests — Wole Soyinka
b. 1934
20 quotes
"Why don't you confess it? You are the type who would rather die in your bed."
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Adenebi becomes defensive and says, "Have you no feeling for those who died?"
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
When your businessmen ruin the lesser ones, do you go crying to them?"
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Recognition is the curse I carry with me.
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Aroni has taken control. That is when the guilty become afraid.
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
I see we’ve got another of the good old days. Obaneji [on the contrary].
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
The world is big, but the dead are bigger
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
The descendants of our great forebears...let them symbolize all that is noble in our nation."
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
This whole family business sickens me. Let everybody lead their own lives,"
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
These rites of the dead. I do not know why you take them on,"
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
"I have a particular aversion to being mauled by women
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
The totem, my final insult. The final taunt from the human pigs.
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
The accumulated heritage—that is what we are celebrating. Mali. Chaka. Songhai. Glory. Empires.
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Envy, but not from prowess of his adze.
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Wole Soyinka (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.