"Half a Life" Quotes

I was born in 1932; the Second World War broke out when I was seven; I went to an English school. I was born, and lived, in a British colony.

I was always aware that I was different.

I was told the population was diverse, but in fact, it was very simple: it was black and white.

The challenge was to be myself.

I didn't know how to begin; the beginning was everything.

I felt myself a stranger.

The idea of home and the idea of not-home had always been with me.

It was a question of being true to myself.

I had become a writer. I had to see myself as a writer, too.

I had started to travel, and I had started to write.