Leah left him and he collapsed in a heap. She looked down and spat. The she raised her heel and brought it down on his face. - Peter Abrahams

I pushed my nose and lip...I was inside the raindrop away from the misery of the cold damp room. I was in a place of warmth and sunshine, inside my raindrop world.

In the name of civilization, the dignity and worth of the African people has been grossly underrated, their progress retarded and aspirations frustrated, and the whole life undermined. They are compelled to live in appalling conditions of squalor, filth and isolation...

He's just a mine boy ... Yes. Grand, but not a human being yet. Just a mine boy.