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‘You’re a credit to yourself,’ she’d told him. And for a whole day or more, Furlong had gone around feeling a foot taller, believing, in his heart, that he mattered as much as any other child.
“die hoek v.d. hoekom die waar v.d. waarom die moed v.d. moeder die vadoek v.d. vader & die bloed die bloed v.d. bitter bloekom”
― Agaat
― Agaat
“To keep the definitions coming, here are a few one-liners for clutter: Anything that does not add value to my life.42 Anything that does not “spark joy.”43”
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world
“Simplicity is an inward reality that can be seen in an outward lifestyle”38 of “choosing to leverage time, money, talents and possessions toward what matters most.”39”
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world
“Miskien al hierdie dinge, want jou diepste gevoelens en verlangens is onbegryplik (net soos jou bewuswording van die bose wat die hele wêreld betrek sonder dat jy jou vinger op iets kan lê). – Al hierdie dinge, miskien, terwyl sy hom, selfs teen sy sin, dwing tot ekstase.”
― Sewe dae by die Silbersteins
― Sewe dae by die Silbersteins
“Ginika laughed, a sure throaty laugh. Ifemelu laughed, too, although she did not fully understand the joke. And she had the sudden sensation of fogginess, of a milky web through which she tried to claw. Her autumn of half blindness had begun, the autumn of puzzlements, of experiences she had knowing there were slippery layers of meaning that eluded her.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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