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It's not that I don't like my mum's face; it's just that it belongs on her, not me. — Dawn French

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

I'd rather have an enemy who admits that they hate me, than a friend who secretly puts me down. — Karen Salmansohn

She smiled sadly and recited a saying: "When the guest leaves, the tea will soon get cold." I said my cup of tea would never get cold. Lu — Anchee Min

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

If I'm a criminal, and I'm confronted with a 7-foot tall cop and an albino cop, I'm gonna be so lost, I'm spilling my guts. — Joelle Carter

The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination - what do you dream of wanting to do? — Amanda Lindhout

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. — Peter Abrahams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But we are engaged in a bitter and eternal war with small things; chiefly with microbes and with collar studs. — G.K. Chesterton

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

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

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

Language becomes a prison house only poets can escape ... if we do not reject any strict distinctions between ordinary usage and figures of speech. — Arthur Quinn

Women are amazing creatures-sweet, soft, gentle, and far more savage than we are. — Robert A. Heinlein

Father is Everyone's First Preceptor.
Happy Father's Day! — Mohith Agadi

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

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