..we all have to do things in this life that we don't like..
Marlene Van Niekerk, Agaat.
“Everything is important. To the smallest insect, even the mouldering tree, the deepest stone in the drift.”
“First smile!! An unseasonal little shower of rain fell here, and a lot of butterflies drowned, so we put them in the sun and they came back to life, and flew up and then Agaat SMILED!”
“Marriage is holy and it's private.”
“...a butterfly is like the soul of a person, it dries out in captivity.”
“Nature is subtle and complex.”
“In a state of pseudo-death you restore your substance.”
“I don't care what you say to me. I care what you share with me.”
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone wont either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are...”
“Never knew what a friendship was, Never knew how to really love, You can't be what I need you to, & I don't know why I fuck with you”