One of Them Quotes

“learned that the value of an object is in the very act of bestowing it. That in this life, there is no point and no need to get attached to possessions or gifts. I also learned that objects have a “life” of their own, and the moment I bestowed an object on another person, it might break, tear or be given to someone else, and I no longer had any claim to it.”
― Eti Dayan, One of Them: My Life Among the Maasai of Kenya