The world loves to destroy what it doesn’t understand. Some things can be hidden to be protected. Some can’t.”
“If you're too weak to handle failure and disappointment, then you're too weak to handle success, which will only end up damaging your life and happiness.”
― I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
― I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
“Sometimes you have to step outside of yourself in order to see inside.”
― The Interruption of Everything
― The Interruption of Everything
“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
“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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