August Maras

“No second Johannesburg is needed upon the earth. One is enough.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country

“We are now about to visit the most marvelous places and see the most wonderful things!”
― Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

“The artillery fire which helped in holding off the enemy advance against the Australian positions appeared to be getting always closer. A radio operator called Vic Grice somehow replaced the antenna on Buick’s radio. That had been shot off, thus rendering the radio in-operational.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

“Ten years old. Seemed perfectly normal, which under the circumstances, according to the doctor who first interviewed him, meant he probably wasn’t. Years later that would be amended. “He has a talent for violence.”
― William Kely McClung, Black Fire