“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“We hide our pain to keep us from getting hurt again. In the process we hurt people who never aimed to hurt us.”
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
“We live in a generation that applauds the bad more than it commends the good.”
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
― Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman
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