Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras, commonly known as Peter Abrahams, is a South African novelist, journalist and political commentator...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 March 1919
time long-ago magic
The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.
hate heart justice
What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?
mom mother atmosphere
Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere
want
To get where you want to go, you can't only do what you like.
dream lost-friendship magic
Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.
dream book self
With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.
nice real giving
To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not enough.
good-person badness shows
You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your badness.
eye brain different
They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.
inspiring grace shadow
To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid and to know and acknowledge your fear, and still to live creatively and with unstinting love: that is to live with grace.
men alone-man people
You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.