● "allegiance"
● "Deep sense of belonging"
● "Real Revolutionary”
● "No one” “inherently evil” “all capable”
● "will choose my own endings"
● "Mischief, Malice, Mayhem"
● "Wolves in sheep's clothing"
● "A smile that did not reach her eyes"
● "Your mom"
● "Lack of Bravery"
● "Fly … like a thing of beauty"
● "streets … free … expectation and obligations"
● "whoever the Masukus wanted her to be"
● "They had no choice but to accept each other as they were"
● "Promise her that he will never speak to her of love"
● "Genie had prepared herself to leave him. And she had done her best to prepare him as
well."
● "Genie has chosen this end for herself” - Genie unconscious in a pool of blood
● "Because we cannot print what matters, we never print the truth - Bekhithemba
● "Home. A sanctuary" - How Marcus imagines a life with Genie
● "Fragile” - The Masukus
● “moderately educated black man”
● “Affinity…explorers.”
● “Could have broken her” … “grow even stronger instead”
● “Glitter” “all that glitters is not gold” “superficial”
● “understanding…believing…magic.”
● “the boy’s condition”
● “Wunderlust”
● “Character” … “spoke to an inner strength”
● “thought about things deeply”
● “ determine the course of his life from that moment on”
● “Country-and-western singer” … “Dolly Parton”
● “love songs”
● “independence” “capable of flight.”
● “did not believe in love… romantic love” (Bhekithemba)
- “understood…for one’s parents and one’s country” - “respect and gratitude” - there was
“reason”