Peter Abrahams Quotes
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Peter Abrahams Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Positive social awareness among the South African educated half-caste is zero. Teaching is a mechanical job. The best way of earning a living.
My mother went to work in the homes of white folk, usually living in and looking after their children. The money was small.
They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.
The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.
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.
All my life had been dominated by a sign, often invisible but no less real for that, which said: 'Reserved for Europeans Only.'
Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.
Perhaps life had a meaning that transcended race and colour. If it had, I could not find it in South Africa.