Quotes by : Damon Galgut

Goldie was a believer in the imperial project, which is to say, in the civilising power of social progress.....

No emotion was supposed to cross the great divide of class. Affection could erase all hierarchy; in this....

What I don’t understand about your type is that you want to emulate the other side. You kick up such....

Race and class were a kind of destiny very little could dent them. Morgan himself had been decanted back....

There's no theme, no moral to be learned, except for the knowledge that lightning can strike from a clear....

It is always an attractive moment when curiosity takes hold.

Of what earthly use were novels? How did they help anybody?

That echo. It played in his head at unexpected moments, repeating certain sounds and making nonsense....

What he sensed more than anything else was kindness – a kindness of a human and immediate sort. It....

A journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it's made. You go from one place to another....