Fancy Singleton

“the pencil test. If you were applying to be white, the pencil went into your hair. If it fell out, you were white. If it stayed in, you were colored. You were what the government said you were.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“I wasn’t popular, but I wasn’t an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time I was all by myself.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“I wondered that day if I was the only one in the room who knew that there was something terribly wrong with our mother.”
― Delores Phillips, The Darkest Child

“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 spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if…” “If only…” “I wonder what would have…”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood