“Relationships are built in the silences. You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them—and that is what apartheid stole from us: time.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“My mom did what school didn't. She taught me how to think.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Better to risk helping someone than regret what you could have done.”
― In the Afterlight
― In the Afterlight
“You listened to music this loudly to drown out everyone and everything, letting the rhythm and beats flow around you like a shield.”
― In the Afterlight
― In the Afterlight
“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies,’” he read, “‘and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― In the Afterlight
― In the Afterlight
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