Lauren Beukes

Fashion is only different skins for different flavours of you.

I smile thinly, to make it clear that this will happen when hell turns into a family friendly summer resort.

Traffic in Joburg is like the democratic process. Every time you think it's going to get moving and take you somewhere, you hit another jam.

Florrie smiles with unmoderated joy, because she can't see that most people bank their happiness like it's something you might run out of

The original stories are mined out, and all that__ left is fool__ gold.

She's even been practicing making out with the back of her hand. Which was about as effective as tickling yourself. It's why you needed other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.

you're deluding yourself that you have some deep spiritual connection, like you didn't just read it on Wikipedia. There's a difference between tradition and culture.