

“Trevor, remember a man is not determined by how much he earns. You can still be a man of the house and earn less than your woman. Being a man is not what you have, it's who you are. Being more of a man doesn't mean your woman has to be less than you.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“Abel wanted a traditional marriage with a traditional wife. For a long time I wondered why he ever married a woman like my mom in the first place, as she was the opposite of that in every way. If he wanted a woman to bow to him, there were plenty of girls back in Tzaneen being raised solely for that purpose. The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. He’s attracted to independent women. “He’s like an exotic bird collector,� she said. “He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince

.*نحن أمّة "اِقْرَأ" ولن يكون لنا مجد إلا باتّباع هذا الأمر ورجوعنا للقراءة والكتاب فعلينا بهما وستكون لنا الرٍّيادة غداً بإذن الله. .انقل لنا تجربتك ...more
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