Nicole

“Voracious reading was like an anesthesia, numbing me to the harsh life around me.”
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged.”
― Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
― Ayn Rand