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Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to season.

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when it comes to their essential faculty as writers, all writers are androgynous beings.
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I shall never write an autobiography, I’m much too jealous of my privacy for that.
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Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to season.
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Learning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life.
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