"I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books: my mind was stimulated, my creativity encouraged."

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Source : Mark Mathabane (1986). “Kaffir boy: the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in Apartheid South Africa”, Macmillan Pub Co

Mark Mathabane

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“Natural Magick therefore is that, which considering well the strength and force of Natural and Celestial beings, and with great curiosity labouring to discover their affections, produces into open Act the hidden and concealed powers of Nature.”
“It is only true love when you have no choice. Love is the most highly valued disease that is identified by the symptom of You-canÂ´t-help-it.”
“I made a terrible mistake last Christmas. My wife made me swear that I wouldn't give her a fancy gift. And I didn't.”
“The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness of the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear forces, the United States would not be able to deal a crippling blow to the socialist countries. The aggressor will not be able to evade an all-crushing retaliatory strike.”

Source : "Physics and Nuclear Arms Today" by David Hafemeister, (p. 94), 1991.
“My love for him had never gone away but only changed, growing deeper like wine fermenting or pickles curing. It bore into me with the pervasiveness of water working its way to the center of a mountain.”
“My measure of success is to walk into a restaurant and hear a table debating drug policy. Once the public start the conversation, the politicians will join - that is when we can create real change.”
“As far as the Jews were concerned, Hitler's only 'prayer' was that they be wiped off the face of the earth,”

Source : "Controversy over Adolf Hitler statue in Warsaw ghetto" by Cass Jones, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2012.
“All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed.”

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