Author: Claire
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Alienation
“We were cut off from comprehension of our surroundings; we glided past like phantoms, wondering and secretly appalled, as sane men would be before an enthusiastic outbreak in a madhouse. We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember, because we were travelling in the night of first ages, of those…
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Vagabonds
“A man who leaves home to mend himself an others is a philosopher, but he who goes from country to country guided by blind impulses of curiosity is only a vagabond” Oliver Goldsmith, quoted by James A Michener in The Drifters One of the things I love about Michener is that he uses his novels…
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Being South African
Dis ‘n bitterbessie dagbreek, dis ‘n uitroep komma-punt Mabalel is huistoe, want sy mis haar eie kind Ek wens ek kon jou teken met ‘n koukie of ‘n kwas Ek wens ek kon onthou hoekom ek so bewerig was Ek wens ek kon jou oopskryf, met my balpunt pen behaag Ek wens ons kon saam…