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"I think of you sitting down or
washing the dishes. Eating
a simple meal, never understanding
how much I love you."

"He wonders what the right
language of love is for winter guests.
How to make peace with his wife."

"It has been long coming that as a country we follow in the footsteps of countries like Zimbabwe, Germany, Cuba and Libya, which provide free education. We can find the money, whether through belt-tightening, fighting corruption and illicit siphoning of funds from the country, and/or through increasing corporate tax."

"Many news reports, blogs and scholarly articles have been written about 'the hashtag movements', but As by fire is the first comprehensive, systematic attempt at analysing the reflections on the movements from the perspectives of the leaders of those universities most closely involved."

"You walked stride by stride with giants. And, when the time came, you returned to us, held our hands and helped us take baby steps."

"He lived as if he was a reed for the tunes and the rhythms and the winds of his time, and in that he was the reed of our turbulent passage on earth, perhaps transmitting a very ancient song to us."

"The atmosphere in the auditorium is electric, undoubtedly because tonight’s guest of honour is seen by the public as a man who speaks truth to power." 

"The film is based on the fascinating story of Molly Bloom, an intriguing real-life person. It’s worth buying your ticket just for that. Don’t expect well drawn characters or anything outside of the Hollywood soapbox, though."

"Jumanji is good, old-fashioned entertainment guaranteed to put you in a fantastic mood."

"The rainfall outside my window takes upon itself
a pensive transformation. An
eternity that is filled with hope."

"For now it’s business as usual for the captured state. Ramaphosa will have to tread softly at least until the 2019 elections."

"This important and moving text is the last completed work by an Algerian Berber novelist and public intellectual who wrote in French, the language in which the original Éditions du Seuil edition appeared in 1962."

"King Kong – The Musical will be performed at 2pm on Sunday 31 December, New Year's Eve."

"A cold was all around the couch.
Winter for sure when he
left."

"The letters I wrote
to you. I had to erase all
memory of conversation."

"This book is about a celebration of moods, travels, family, classes – therefore, a feast."

"One aspect of freedom is
access to different views
to listen is to exercise such freedom"

"South Africans need to get more involved in their public affairs and need to evaluate leaders more robustly."

"His silence was like the steep stone folds of a mountain. She remained unseen. A quiet peaceful sea that had lost its roaring voice."

"The tools that you use are as important as the problems we are trying to solve. And if you use the wrong conceptual apparatus for making sense of problems like racism, like decoloniality, then, of course, I think you will be less effective than if you, for example, use critical race theory."