7 Quotes by Andre Brink

In love, no question is ever preposterous.

But for Mozart love is only the litmus test. To determine whether one is truly free or not.

To respect the dignity of a relationship also implies accepting the end when it comes. Except in my mind, except in my dreams, where the aftertaste of her still lingers.

As Alan Paton said, 'Ah but your fucking land is beautiful'.

I was born on a bench in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, in the early spring of 1960.

When the conspiracy of lies surrounding me demands of me to silence the one word of truth given to me, that word becomes the one word I wish to utter above all others.

Perhaps all one can really hope for, all I am entitled to, is no more than this: to write it down. To report what I know. So that it will not be possible for any man ever to say again: I knew nothing about it.