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title: "1 Live Grace Quotes By Peter Abrahams"
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> [To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid and to know and acknowledge your fear, and still to live creatively and with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/to-live-with-the-conscious-knowledge-of-the-shadow-of-uncertainty/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

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## More by Peter Abrahams

> [You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/you-don-t-have-to-be-a-good-person-to-be-a-good-writer-history-shows/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/to-get-where-you-want-to-go-you-can-t-only-do-what-you-like/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [“Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/mom-had-the-kind-of-love-for-her-that-you-could-feel-like-it-was-part/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [My mother was a member of the Cape Coloured community. 'Coloured' is the South African word for the half-caste community that was a by-product…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/my-mother-was-a-member-of-the-cape-coloured-community-coloured-is-the/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [“To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/to-get-from-people-you-had-to-give-a-piece-of-yourself-a-real-piece/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [For me, personally, life in South Africa had come to an end. I had been lucky in some of the whites I had met.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/for-me-personally-life-in-south-africa-had-come-to-an-end-i-had-been/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter. I stole,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/i-attended-school-regularly-for-three-years-i-learned-to-read-and/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [The familiar mood that awaits the sensitive young who are poor and dispossessed is a mood of sharp and painful inferiority, of violently angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/the-familiar-mood-that-awaits-the-sensitive-young-who-are-poor-and/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/to-live-with-the-conscious-knowledge-of-the-shadow-of-uncertainty/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [“Ingrid shrugged...like Marie Antoinette hearing about the starving peasants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/ingrid-shrugged-like-marie-antoinette-hearing-about-the-starving/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/the-words-dripped-on-my-consciousness-sank-into-my-being-and-carried/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [“You see, love is strong. Stronger than hate even. Love is the only thing that can kill hate, nothing else. You see, hate destroys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/you-see-love-is-strong-stronger-than-hate-even-love-is-the-only-thing/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/what-do-you-get-out-of-hating-people-out-of-having-this-bitterness-in/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/they-say-life-is-all-about-connecting-like-that-s-a-good-thing-but/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

> [To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/to-get-from-people-you-had-to-give-a-piece-of-yourself-a-real-piece-2/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

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