““The combi stopped and picked up two girls wearing extra-large sunglasses who spoke in English with a nasal accent. Back in the day they would have been called manose brigade; anything that stripped you of your Africanness - whether it was the sound of your voice or the nature of your hair - was something to be admired. One day perhaps Chinswalo will speak like these girls. Maybe it was progress, but it didn't feel right. [83]””
![“He wrote about how stupid the people there could be. I never imagines white people could be stupid. He met people who had never read Shakespear and couldn't form a proper sentence in their own native tongue - though in this respect it looked as if my own daughter might be taking the same route. [29]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/beb/tendai-huchu-29586_white-people_he-wrote-about-how-stupid-the-people-the_290041.jpg)
![“Hard times never kill. [49]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0bf/tendai-huchu-29586_hard-time_hard-times-never-kill-49-631465_631465.jpg)
![“The city went on with its business as usual oblivious to my pain. [80]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/434/tendai-huchu-29586_business_the-city-went-on-with-its-business-as-us_1916790.jpg)
![“I knew instantly that she would be joining the ranks of the many used girls who lived with their parents when the father had done a runner. It was not long ago that I'd been in her shoes. [26]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f1a/tendai-huchu-29586_long-ago_i-knew-instantly-that-she-would-be-joini_2081709.jpg)
![“I knew people who never looked beyond the next day. Their circumstances only allowed them to focus on the here and now, which is pretty much what animals did, though we regarded ourselves as superior. [113]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/57b/tendai-huchu-29586_next-day_i-knew-people-who-never-looked-beyond-th_2257530.jpg)
