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“I might really have gone round the bend. I mean people who get visions and see a gigantic light descend on them from the sky can't be all there but if so I feel mighty happy. If one is happy and cracked it's much better than being unhappy and sane.”

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Book:A gesture of belonging: letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979
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“Most people live uncomplicated lives. They have work and quietly rear their children. There is an order and sanity about them that keeps the world going. There is an outer disorder and insanity about my life which makes me a victim. One of the disorders is that they won't give us citizenship here.”

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Book:A gesture of belonging: letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979
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