From Nanny:
"She spoke in Shangaan so that all could share wide-eyed and groan and nod and sigh in the appropriate places(12)."
-this quote is where Peekay first began to learn the importance and significance of language and communication.
"In the end it is the earth who will win, every African knows this(14)."
"Life is all beginnings and ends. Nothing stays the same, lad... Parting, losing the thing that we love the most, that's the whole business of life, that's what it's mostly about(135)."
-this quote is from Peekay's Grandpa, but I feel that his Grandpa served the same purpose in the story as Nanny, because he is providing wisdom for Peekay to live by.
I noted the same quotations, here are a few more:
ReplyDelete"The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds to the meaning of life" (263).
"Mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance" (348).