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the people who give you charity are never your friends. It is not possible to receive charity from a friend.”
“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if…” “If only…” “I wonder what would have…” You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“The richer you are, the more choices you have. That is the freedom of money.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“all that had been needed was permission for everything to go to shit, and that permission had been granted.”
― The Water Cure
― The Water Cure
“calling things by their right names is more than giving them an identity bracelet or a label, or a serial number. We summon a vision. Naming is power.”
― Frankissstein: A Love Story
― Frankissstein: A Love Story
“British racism said, “If the monkey can walk like a man and talk like a man, then perhaps he is a man.” Afrikaner racism said, “Why give a book to a monkey?”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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Liz’s 2025 Year in Books
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