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Alex La Guma
9 quotes
“The old man made a small, honking, animal noise and dropped back on the bed.”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The law don't like white people being finished off. Well I didn't mos mean it. Better get out before somebody comes. I never been in here. He looked at the sprawled figure that looked like a blown down scarecrow. Well he didn't have no right living here with us Coloreds.”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That's all they know. Shooting us people.”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We all good enough to be servants. Because we’re black, they think we good enough just to change their nappies.”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not saying a person can change it tomorrow or next year. But even if you don’t get what you want today, soon, it’s a matter of pride, dignity....”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trouble. There’s always trouble.’ He spoke as if trouble was something he experienced all the time, but trouble was a stranger to her.”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anger grew inside him like a ripening seed and the tendrils of its burgeoning writhed along his bones, through his muscles, into his mind.”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the foyer of the offices of the petroleum company where Isaac worked, a woman with tired, bleached hair and the face of a painted wax doll accidentally left near a fire and then hastily retrieved, kept guard in the little telephone exchange behind polished plate glass and mahogany.”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life has, for Beukes, become like a gangster movie, filled with”
Alex La Guma (1925–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source