

“People don't want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. 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

“Be patient. Be wise. Search within yourself always. As Socrates told us, an unexamined life is not worth living.”
― I Must Betray You
― I Must Betray You

“If you think too much about the ass-kicking that life gave you, you'll stop pushing the boundaries and breaking the rules. It's better to take it, spend some time crying, then wake up the next day and move on. You'll have a few bruises and they'll remind you of what happened and that's okay. But after a while the bruises fade, and they fade for a reason - because now it's time to get up to some shit again.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spent so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear the most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an internal 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

“It's no coincidence that nearly every major black leader of the anti-apartheid movement [...] was educated [...] - a knowledgeable man is a free man, or at least a man who longs for freedom.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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