“To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.”
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Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams was a renowned South African novelist known for his critical works on the apartheid system. His writings profoundly exposed racial inequality and oppression, having a profound impact on South African literature. more
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“What is not in nature can never be true.”
Source: The Complete Romances of Voltaire
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“Happiness is not the portion of man.”
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“Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.”
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“Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.”
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