Quotes by Adelheid Manefeldt, Consequence

“The endless ocean was his sole companion , and on some deeply sentimental level, it seemed sufficient. Almost apt. He aligned himself with Thoreau and Tolstoy, he felt like their peers. The kinship...”

“Sam groaned. A warmth on her face alerted her to the new morning. She opened one eye and peered at the fuzzy daylight streaming in through the window. Her head throbbed like a bitch. Her mouth felt...”

“It had started to drizzle. The lamp poles cast a kaleidoscope of light dancing across the puddles in the road. The rain made Sam feel even more lost now, as if these shadowy events were invisible t...”

“After all relationships had sell-by dates. Sometimes, the ones with the most passion were the ones to burn out faster. Others had a sweet and long-winding coil which burned with slow amicability. A...”

“When youre a kid, you dont think about big stuff that could change your life. You think about small things that might terrify you like a bad report card or missing a goal in front of all your frien...”

“Gone were the days where December locked coastal towns down in the grips of labour. Although it was still mostly true, things had changed ; Cape Town had adapted its rhythm to the influx of foreign...”

“And then, like most of the times she went down that road of thought, things started lighting up. Rays filtered through the smog like tentacles and a quite intangible hope infected the darkness wit...”

“That was the problem with ones actions. They would always remain acted. They always remained being done, and their influence on the world, whether small or big , would always be palpable. You could...”

“People tended to forgive only partially. They forgave in order to, one day, get a chance to remind those theyd forgiven about their failings. They forgave to feel righteous. Thats why forgiveness w...”

“He lived a quiet existence where the future was easy to predict and the past was a cancer in remission. It was meaningful, of course. But it was lonely.”

“When you’re a kid, you don’t think about big stuff that could change your life. You think about small things that might terrify you –like a bad report card or missing a goal in front of all your fr...”

“That was the problem with ones actions. They would always remain ‘acted’. They always remained ‘being done’, and their influence on the world, whether small or big , would always be palpable. You c...”