Mala Naidoo > Quotes

“Reading is air in my lungs, fire in my blood, company in my thoughts.”
― Mala Naidoo

“A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to heard”
― Mala Naidoo

“Memories don't die, they become shelved in recesses of one's mind, resurfacing when the triggers of life re-ignite them, lighting up the heart, in a warm glow of remembrance. - "Vindication Across Time”
― Mala Naidoo, Vindication Across Time

“Empathy healed the moment. Words were not necessary when compassion created understanding in grief.”
― Mala Naidoo, What Change May Come

“You realize you must give in to the muse from afar. You have to heed the inner voice that has come calling.”
― Mala Naidoo, Across Time and Space

“A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to be heard”
― Mala Naidoo

“You learn to be resilient, to survive when you know you are capable of making worthy contribution to the world; you fight it when you have nothing to lose and so much to gain.”
― Mala Naidoo, Vindication Across Time

“Poetry stirs the soul and speaks to the mind to understand the beauty we call life ~ Mala Naidoo”
― Mala Naidoo, Random Heart Poetry: Light and Shade

“Poetry, a soul laid bare
unguarded among life’s brambles - lost and found in an unending moment.”
― Mala Naidoo

“In this worried rush, nobody stopped to see the sun appear over rooftops. Unnoticed beauty lost in the need to be everywhere, in every waking moment.”
― Mala Naidoo, What Change May Come

“Memories don't die, they become shelved in the recesses of one's mind, resurfacing when the triggers of life reignite them, lighting up the heart, in a warm glow of remembrance. -"Vindication Across Time”
― Mala Naidoo, Vindication Across Time

“Selflessness was a lonely world”
― Mala Naidoo, What Change May Come

“Colonialism had its way with making us believe we were inadequate, if we mimicked the lifestyle and values it upheld, we were embraced with open arms. - “Vindication Across Time”
― Mala Naidoo, Vindication Across Time

“Books are silent voices cradling a universal voice”
― Mala Naidoo

“Anger and animosity cannot enshrine what was once wonderful...”
― Mala Naidoo, Vindication Across Time

“Justice comes in its own time ~ 'Those Were The Days' -- Mala Naidoo”
― Mala Naidoo, Life's Seasons

“Life's journey called for a tank of inner fortitude to weather personal storms while cradling others. ~'Souls of Her Daughters”
― Mala Naidoo, Souls of Her Daughters

“The leafy avenues, well-trimmed hedges and colourful, kempt gardens had oodles of eye appeal. She could see herself taking walks down the tree-lined streets to enjoy the aesthetic landscape.”
― Mala Naidoo, What Change May Come

“A thousand questions hung with the hopeful weight of a million bright bright stars, filling her with restless yearning. ~ “Vindication Across Time”
― Mala Naidoo

“The hypocrisy of selective values in a lawless land was the bane of her existence.”
― Mala Naidoo, Souls of Her Daughters

“To think we are in the business of saving lives, and yet our words are knives that bruise and destroy.”
― Mala Naidoo, Souls of Her Daughters

“In our angst and joy, we are ONE under the sky of humanity ~ Mala Naidoo, Author”
― Mala Naidoo

“Fury and Fire cannot Still a Loving Heart ` 'Stilled Heart- - Life's Seasons”
― Mala Naidoo, Life's Seasons

“Know the pulse of the child in the noise of demands ~ 'Cradle Promise' - Mala Naidoo”
― Mala Naidoo, Life's Seasons

“The threatening to, harsh aggression, made her submissive. (Across Time And Space)”
― Mala Naidoo, Across Time and Space

“The threatening tone, harsh aggression, made her submissive (Across Time And Space)”
― Mala Naidoo, Across Time and Space

“She was home, the passage walls, memorabilia of Ben's life, past and present, welcomed her like a doting grandmother.”
― Mala Naidoo, Across Time and Space

“Standing on the border of time
I look back at sunshine and shadows
the sun gave me joy
the shadows birthed my soul”
― Mala Naidoo

“Literature is and should continue to be a vehicle that dispels 'otherness' or the 'outsider”
― Mala Naidoo

“Her emotions were a brewing tidal wave during her days of pensive solitude - waiting, anticipating the best, dreading the worst. - 'Souls of Her Daughters”
― Mala Naidoo, Souls of Her Daughters