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“‘Learn from your past and be better because of your past,’ she would say, ‘but don’t cry about your past. Life is full of pain. Let the pain sharpen you, but don’t hold onto it. Don’t be bitter.’” (pg 66)

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"I chose you, kid. I brought you into this world, and I'm going to give you everything I never had." Pg 71

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"Yes. Because you did something wrong. It Doesn't mean I don't love you anymore" Pg.85

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"I chose to have you because I wanted something to love and something that would love me unconditionally in return--and then I gave birth to the most selfish piece of 🤬 on earth and all it ever did was cry and eat 🤬 and say, 'Me, me, me.'" (Pg 77)

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this quote shows Patricia is very serious about religion.

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this quote shows Patricia is very serious about religion.

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"This lion, he is a false God-a false idol..."pg 68

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"Its you and me against the world". Pg. 70

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"Then, you have my mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. 'She Who Gives Back.' That's what she does. She gives and gives and gives." (67)

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"My job is to feed your body, feed your spirit, and feed your mind" pg 71

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"She shook her head. You know what? I would beat you, but Jesus has already exposed your lies."
Pg. 79

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"You know what? I would beat you, but Jesus has already exposed your lies." (Pg 79)

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"Because you did something wrong. It doesn't mean I don't love you anymore" Pg. 85"

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"My mom was, who was only six or seven herself, used to round up the abandoned kids and form a troop to take them around to the shebeens. They'd collect empties from the men who were passed out and take the bottles to where you could turn them in for a deposit. Then my mom would take that money, buy food in the spaza shops, and feed the kids" (page 67)

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"I chose to have you because I wanted something to love and something that would love me unconditionally in return--and then I gave birth to the most selfish piece of 🤬 on earth..." pg.77

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"My mom raised me as if there were no limitations on where I could go or what I could do. When I look back I realize she raised me like a white kid - not white culturally, but in the sense of believing that the world was my oster, that I should speak up for myself, that my ideas and thoughts and decisions mattered." (pg. 73)

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"Well, clearly you don't know how to hit a kid. That's your problem, not mine. Trevor's never laughed when I've hit him, I can tell you" (page 87)

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"Well, clearly you don't know how to hit a kid. That's your problem, not mine. Trevor's never laughed when I've hit him, I can tell you" (page 87)

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"When it was time to pick my name, she chose Trevor, a name with no meaning whatsoever in South Africa, no precedent in my family. It’s not even a biblical name. It’s just a name.” Pg. 67

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"My mom would have given me proper sit-down hidings if i'd given her the opportunity, but she could never catch me...My mom had to become a guerrilla fighter. She got her licks in where she could, her belt or maybe a shoe, administered on the fly." (page 84)

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"Why are you crying?" she asked.
"Because you said you weren't my mother. Why did you say you weren't my mother?"
"Because you wouldn't shut up about the toffee apple. Now get in the car. Let's go." pg. 81