Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (One World Essentials)

by Trevor Noah

It’s a powerful experience, shitting. There’s something magical about it, profound even. I think God made humans shit in the way we do because it brings us back down to earth and gives us humility.

You are never more yourself than when you’re taking a shit. You have that moment where you realize, This is me. This is who I am.

Relationships are built in the silences. You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them—and that is what apartheid stole from us: time.