He had grown up in an atmosphere where the most important thing in the world was the stronger whose shadow darkened the doorstep. People were the cen… - Bessie Emery Head

They pursued their love with a wild abandon, unprotected against the treachery of the insecure foundation on which it was based and too young to bridge the gap that would suddenly and unexpectedly fling them miles apart.

The prisoner swung round, blinking rapidly, yet at the same time sizing up the enemy. He was a new warder, named Jacobus Stephanus Hannetjie. His eyes were the color of the sky but they were frightening. A simple, primitive, brutal soul gazed out of them.

There's only one way to make yourself shock-proof. Do not be impressed by evil and do not be impressed by good.