45 Quotes by NoViolet Bulawayo

RIP Our Hero. Died for Change.

Leaving everything that makes them who and what they are, leaving because it is no longer possible to stay. They will never be the same again because you just cannot be the same once you leave behind who and what you are, you just cannot be the same.

When you look into their faces it's like something that was in there got up and gathered its things and walked away.

They just like taking pictures...They don't care that we are embarrassed by our dirt and torn clothing, that we would prefer they didn't do it; they just take pictures anyway, take and take.

When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.

When somebody talks about home, you have to listen carefully so you know exactly which one the person is referring to.

There is no night so long that doesn’t end with dawn.

I used to be very afraid of graveyards and death and such things, but not anymore. There is just no sense of being afraid when you live so near the graves; it would be like the tongue fearing the teeth.

As for the coldness, I have never seen it like this. I mean, coldness that makes like it wants to kill you, like it’s telling you, with its snow, that you should go back to where you came from.