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Title: Suffering
Post by: Makini on February 11, 2007, 02:19:18 AM

'When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.'

                              - Chinua Achebe -


Title: Re: Suffering
Post by: siger on February 12, 2007, 12:14:03 AM
thats a good one.
Was that in "The Arrows of God"?


Title: Re: Suffering
Post by: Makini on February 12, 2007, 01:01:51 AM

This internet business is terrible/amazing, where I found the quote they did not attach it to anything aside from his name, but I searched the phrase and its a kinda common one. Yes, it is from Arrow of God. I haven't got around to reading any of his books, just stumbled upon it.