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Peter Abrahams quotes: What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?

What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?

Peter Abrahams quotes: Joseph and his mother come from the black kings who were before the white man.

Joseph and his mother come from the black kings who were before the white man.

Peter Abrahams quotes: To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered.

To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered.

Peter Abrahams quotes: Positive social awareness among the South African educated half-caste is zero. Teaching is a mechanical job. The best way of earning a living.

Positive social awareness among the South African educated half-caste is zero. Teaching is a mechanical job. The best way of earning a living.

Peter Abrahams quotes: My mother went to work in the homes of white folk, usually living in and looking after their children. The money was small.

My mother went to work in the homes of white folk, usually living in and looking after their children. The money was small.

Peter Abrahams quotes: They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.

They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.

Peter Abrahams quotes: Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

Peter Abrahams quotes: The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.

The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.

Peter Abrahams quotes: Ingrid shrugged ... like Marie Antoinette hearing about the starving peasants.

Ingrid shrugged ... like Marie Antoinette hearing about the starving peasants.

Peter Abrahams quotes: In the Caribbean islands, especially in Jamaica, have I found a country similar to South Africa plus the racial freedom I had sought so long.

In the Caribbean islands, especially in Jamaica, have I found a country similar to South Africa plus the racial freedom I had sought so long.

Peter Abrahams quotes: All my life had been dominated by a sign, often invisible but no less real for that, which said: 'Reserved for Europeans Only.'

All my life had been dominated by a sign, often invisible but no less real for that, which said: 'Reserved for Europeans Only.'

Peter Abrahams quotes: Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.

Peter Abrahams quotes: Perhaps life had a meaning that transcended race and colour. If it had, I could not find it in South Africa.

Perhaps life had a meaning that transcended race and colour. If it had, I could not find it in South Africa.

Peter Abrahams quotes: To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like.

To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like.

Peter Abrahams quotes: You don't have to be a good person to be a good writerhistory shows it's better if you're notbut you have to understand your badness.

You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer
history shows it's better if you're not
but you have to understand your badness.