“Dikeledi could make no secret of the fact that, in relation to men, she often suffered from high blood pressure, except that the trouble with the bloodstream had eventually boiled down to one, unattainable man.” — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
“The contradictions were apparent to Makhaya, and perhaps there was no greater crime as yet than all the lies Western civilization had told in… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
I have often noticed that the need for cash and the production of a masterpiece just don't coincide with me. Money will hit me… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
People with really weak characters cause an immense amount of suffering in the world. They destroy whole civilisations. — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
“That is, adoration was patient and waiting while love or, if you liked, plain sexual passion banged everything about. It either shouted or thought… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity. — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
It seemed to be a makeshift replacement for love, absenting oneself from stifling atmospheres, because love basically was a torrential storm of feeling; it… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
Love is mutually feeding each other, not one living on another like a ghoul. — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
The philosophy of love and peace strangely overlooked who was in possession of the guns. There had been love and peace for some time… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
“I once sat down on a bench at Cape Town railway station where the notice "Whites Only" was obscured. A few moments later a… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
I might really have gone round the bend. I mean people who get visions and see a gigantic light descend on them from the… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
