Alexandra

“Black man cleans the streets but mustn't walk freely on the pavement; Black man must build houses for the white man but cannot live in them; Black man cooks the white man's food but eats what is left over. Don't listen to anyone bluff you and say Black and white are brothers.”
― Es’kia Mphahlele

“Your greatest creation is your creative life. It's all in your hands.”
― Sara Zarr

“If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.”
― Claude McKay

“I am not a person to say the words out loud / I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page.”
― Keri Hulme