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The second book is always a challenge because of the reception the first book received

— Niq Mhlongo

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I’m very sceptical about book prizes and always have mixed feelings when they are announced

I lament the fact that everything good that represents Joburg has shifted and that the attention of city planners is now focused on places like Rosebank and Sandton, leaving the city centre neglected

If you don’t develop eyes in the back of your head, you won’t survive in Joburg. It’s a university without a professor.

I think every writer is, one way or the other, a literary diplomat, whether travelling or not

I write to edutain and cathart. I write to educate, entertain and heal myself.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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