“I did not know then that obliviousness to risk was not courage; it was a way of countering numbness.”
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“Being a victim justifies revenge, not just on one person, but on the whole world.”
― Killer Stories: Conversations With South African Serial Murderers
― Killer Stories: Conversations With South African Serial Murderers
“We are continually moulded throughout our lives by our own idea of ourselves. Our selves - our sense of who we are in the world - are being shaped by the secret engines of our stories.”
― KILLER STORIES - Conversations with South African serial murderers
― KILLER STORIES - Conversations with South African serial murderers
“Digging into other people's stories leaves traces on you. You can't reflect on narrative, the stories humans tell, without reflecting on your own.”
― Killer Stories: Conversations With South African Serial Murderers
― Killer Stories: Conversations With South African Serial Murderers
“Men assumed themselves to be the centre of gravity around which women revolved, and I resented not only how naturally it came to women to anticipate their needs, but also how deft I was becoming at making these invisible.”
― Love and Fury: A Memoir
― Love and Fury: A Memoir
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