

“A soldier would snake his way painfully through rocks and rubble to set up a light machine gun, raise his head cautiously to aim, and find a dozen natives clustered solemnly around him. Street”
― An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
― An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
“A life of fiction based on fact”
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“I reminded myself that a beginning and an ending are two different places, and, in real life, you might be able to make your own ending, whatever had gone before.”
― Lost For Words
― Lost For Words

“If you're Native American and you pray to the wolves, you're a savage. If you're African and you pray to your ancestors, you're a primitive. But when white people pray to a guy who turns water into wine, well, that's just common sense.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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