Maarten Sebastiaan

“Man is everywhere in chains, and his chains will not be broken till he feels that it is degrading to be a bondsman, whether to an individual or to a State. The disease of civilization is not so much the material poverty of the many as the decay of the spirit of freedom and self-confidence. The revolt that will change the world will spring, not from the benevolence that breeds "reform", but from the will to be free. Men will act together in the full consciousness of their mutual dependence; but they will act for themselves. Their liberty will not be given them from above; they will take it on their own behalf.”
― G. D. H. Cole

“You have courage, minstrel,” said Piros.

Alaric shook his head. “Less than you think, good Piros. But I have considerable curiosity, and that sometimes masquerades as courage.”
― Phyllis Eisenstein, Rogues

“Daar is ’n dun skilletjie om ons brein wat ons in die hede anker. Maar soos ’n mens oud word, kom daar skeurtjies in die skil, soos ’n ou laken skif. Dan stroom die verlede daardeur, ontydig of nie. Dis hoekom oumense deurmekaar raak, of hulle konsentrasie swak word, of hulle dinge soos sleutels verloor.”
― Elsa Joubert, Spertyd

“Ek sit my kop in my hande en probeer stil word, stiller en stiller, en die dun vliesie, die onsigbare bindende weefsel om die deel van my brein wat my geheue bymekaarhou, wat my in staat stel om op die hede te bly fokus, begin deurskif – emosie laat dit maklik gebeur – en deur die draderige openinge begin herinnering deurkom, helende herinnering, stadig, in groot detail, langsaam, daar is nie haas nie, dit moet stewig opgebou word. Hieruit kom selfheling.”
― Elsa Joubert, Spertyd