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Let us be brave: we have heard of men shaking in their trousers, but who ever heard of a woman shaking in her skirt?

— Lillian Ngoyi

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We feel small to say thanks all the time.

My mother firmly believed our tears shall be wiped away in the next world. I believed we should start enjoying life here.

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