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Quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

One of the reasons God did not make a lover for Himself when He made one for Adam is because He knew that fewer people would take Him seriously once He had an ex.

An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.

Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.

We sometimes reveal how ignorant or bored we were when we read a book by giving it 5-stars.

If e-book readers were invented before print books, (petty things such as) the smell of ink would have been some people’s only reason for not abandoning e-books.

Man is an extremely complex creature: he usually acts in an unselfish manner for selfish reasons.

There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.

The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite.

Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves … and other animals.

Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.

There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on.

We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.

If God really valued loyalty, He would have blessed every single believer before He even considered blessing a single nonbeliever.

Being called ‘love’ or ‘my love’ by someone doesn’t necessarily mean that you are loved or even liked by them.

For breakfast to be called ‘in bed’ instead of ‘on top of a bed,’ the house in which it is about to be eaten has to have at least two rooms (excluding the kitchen); (at least) three, if it has a bathroom.

When you love someone, you end up caring about each and every person they love. When you hate someone, you end up caring about every single person who hates them.

You cannot really get married by mistake. You can only marry the wrong person.

Men (who cheat) do not cheat because they are dogs. They are (regarded as) dogs because they cheat.

Divorce is not always a doorway to happiness. The same can be said about marriage.

In many cases, it was the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that fell for her man.