“Tshepo reckons that it is inevitable that one’s circle of friends will become smaller as one grows older. He reasons that when we begin we are similar, like two glasses of water sitting side by side on a clean tray.… — Kopano Matlwa Copy Share Image
“I am not used to hating. Hate sits heavy on my heart. It reeks. I can smell it rotting my insides and I taste… — Kopano Matlwa Copy Share Image
“You will find, Ofilwe, that the people you strive so hard to be like will one day reject you because as much as you may pretend, you are not one of their own. Then you will turn back, but there too you will find no acceptance, for those you once rejected will no longer recognize the thing you have become.… — Kopano Matlwa Copy Share
“I do not know why people here have taken upon themselves the duty of making attempts at speaking to me. I work hard to keep the ‘don’t speak to me’ look on my face and yet it seems they read it as ‘please speak to me’….It really is very inconsiderate. Sometimes one just wants to be alone with one’s thoughts… — Kopano Matlwa Copy Share
You are the backstage crew in the drama of their lives. If they need you, they do not know it and do not care.… — Kopano Matlwa Copy Share Image
“Tshepo reckons that it is inevitable that one’s circle of friends will become smaller as one grows older. He reasons that when we begin… — Kopano Matlwa Copy Share Image
“Uncle wanted to eat his pie and then have us feel sorry for him because it was making him fat.” — Kopano Matlwa Copy Share Image
