"The Pickup" Quotes
A South African man and a woman from a privileged background form an unlikely relationship in a foreign land, navigating the complexities of identity, love, and cultural differences.
fiction | 288 pages | Published in 2002
Quotes
To leave your country is like dying, and when you come back you are like a ghost returning to earth.
There's a place where everybody's free, and nobody's equal.
You can't say to the sun, 'More sun.' Or to the rain, 'Less rain.'
This is where I'm happy. This is my home. This is where I belong.
We're all going to be old one day. It's not the sort of thing you can imagine, but it's going to happen.
The city's a place where everybody's going, but nobody's from.
I'm not asking for your love. I'm asking for your respect.
We speak to each other in languages the other doesn't know, but we understand each other perfectly.
I can't explain it. It's like this mystery that has no solution.
I'm not interested in being in a relationship with someone else's idea of who I should be.





