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61 " Tus propias acciones son un espejo mejor de tu vida que todas las acciones juntas de tus enemigos. "
― Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o , Wizard of the Crow
62 " —El mundo no tiene corazón. —Entonces hay que cambiar el mundo. Darle "
63 " What's a state of emergency?' a man asked.'Oh, don't ask a foolish question. Haven't you heard about Malaya?''What about it?''There was a state of emergency. "
― Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o , Weep Not, Child
64 " Then he raised his voice and went on:'Verily I say unto you. This generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled...'It was as if darkness too had fallen into the building and there was no one to light the way. "
65 " Ngotho had never known where the other son had gone to. Now he understood. He wanted to tell of his own son: he longed to say, 'You took him away from me'. But he kept quiet. Only he thought Mr Howlands should not complain. It had been his war. "
66 " No. He'll remain here. But - but - you sometimes get a feeling you're going away from someone forever... "
67 " Hay una gran belleza en el hombre vestido de percal y calzado con sandalias, sin más armas que un bastón para andar y su credo de la no violencia, que se enfrenta al poderoso imperio británico, ¿no "
68 " Hay algunos que aman su historia y el color de su piel, y hay otros que odian su historia y el color de su piel... "
69 " To build calls for hard work,From the one who looks to tomorrow.To destroy is easy work,For one who wants to return to yesterday,Like a grown person wishing to remain a child. "
― Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o , The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
70 " Human-to-human cruelty is worse thanthat of beast to human.Worse still is the cruelty among neighborswhen it drives themTo raise machetes, spears, arrows, andclubs against one another. "
71 " Woman is the mother of life,For she is the one who carries the womb of life.Woman is the carrier of creation. We showher gratitude always. "
72 " Disability of the body does not meandisability of the heart and mind. "
73 " But our time has come.Tomorrow we are going on a journey.We are going back to the mountain from which we came.In case we don't return, I leave you with these words:"Don't look for me in wicked deeds.Don't look for me in theft and robbery.Don't look for me in idleness.Don't look for me in senseless violence.Don't look for me in hatred.Don't look for me in meaningless wars.Don't look for me in bloodletting strife,For my name must not be in the mouthsOf those plotting wicked deeds."Mũmbi said:"Look for me in the water.Look for me in the wind.Look for me in the soil.Look for me in the fire—Even in the sun,Even in the stars.Look for me in the rain.Look for me among the tillers.Look for me in the harvests."Look for me in love.Look for me in unity.Look for me among the helping.Look for me among the oppressed.Look for me among the seekers of justice,Those who give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty.Look for me among those helping the ailing.Look for me among them without clothes and shelter.Look for me among those building the nation in the name of the human."Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi said in unison:"If you do that,We are together with youNow and all the days, life without end. "
74 " Por abundantes que fueran los peces en el mar, se necesitaba una red o un sedal y un anzuelo, como mínimo. "
75 " أؤمن أن لكل لغة عبقريتها. ولا يهمّ هنا كم عدد أولئك الذين يتكلمون هذه اللغة أو تلك فعماد عبقرية اللغة ليس على الأرقام. "
― Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
76 " Language as culture is the collective memory bank of a people's experience in history. "
― Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o , Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
77 " ليست اللغة مجرد مجموعة مصفوفة من الأصوات. بل اللغة هي الناس الذين يتكلمونها. ولم تكن قضية كتابتي كما هي في ظاهرها فحسب: أي أنني أثريت الإنجليزية على حساب الغيكويو. لقد كان الأمر في حقيقته أني سلبت من الناس الذين صنعوا الغيكويو وعبقريتها قدرتهم على قراءة واستدعاء تاريخهم إلا عبر لسان المستعمر الأجنبي. لم أكن أفكر بهذا في بداية الطريق فقد كنت مبتهجاً حين أرى نفسي ناشراً بالإنجليزية، والصحافة الإنجليزية تستعرض أعمالي في إفريقيا وخارجها. لكن السؤال الذي بدأ يؤرقني هو: أنا أكتب لمن؟! "
78 " Then, only then, would the kingdom of man and woman really begin, joying and loving in creative labour. "
79 " Everything owns a sound, loud or soft. When sound hits a thing, it comes back an echo.Mumbi said -Everything sends back a sound, however soft. If you listen to an echo with care, you can tell where it is coming from.The ear is the eye of the soul. It sorts out the sound and the echo and tells us what makes the sound and where it is coming from "
80 " إن اللون لا يصنع الرجل لأن هناك نوعا من الناس لا يريد لغيره أن يرتفع إلى مصاف أعلى من مصافه بصرف النظر عما إذا كان أبيض أم أسود ويريد هؤلاء الناس أن يكونوا وحدهم ينبوع المعرفة يقاسمونه من يقلون عنهم حظا ولكن نقطة نقطة. "