karma’s Reviews > Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood > Status Update
karma
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“I was made to run off and have fun while my girl step-cousins had to
clean the house and help the women cook. I was in heaven.”
— Jan 30, 2026 02:09PM
clean the house and help the women cook. I was in heaven.”
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karma
is on page 231 of 264
“Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate a person you love. It’s a strange feeling. You want to live in a world where someone is good or bad, where you either hate them or love them, but that’s not how people are.”
— Jan 30, 2026 02:46PM
karma
is on page 221 of 264
“That’s when I realized the police
were not who I thought they were. They were men first, and police second.”
— Jan 30, 2026 02:27PM
were not who I thought they were. They were men first, and police second.”
karma
is on page 218 of 264
“He’s like an exotic bird collector,” she said. “He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.”
— Jan 30, 2026 02:22PM
karma
is on page 196 of 264
because you’re giving the kid tough love when maybe he just needs love.
— Jan 22, 2026 05:57AM
karma
is on page 179 of 264
crime succeeds because crime does the one
thing the government doesn’t do: crime cares.
— Jan 22, 2026 05:32AM
thing the government doesn’t do: crime cares.
karma
is on page 177 of 264
It was all a bunch of ridiculous posturing about who was hood and
who was cheese.
— Jan 22, 2026 05:27AM
who was cheese.
karma
is on page 97 of 264
Being chosen is the greatest gift you can
give to another human being.
— Nov 13, 2025 08:54AM
give to another human being.
