The Unexpected Guest Quotes

“can’t hang onto someone who doesn’t want you anymore, Caroline, no matter how hard”
― Samantha Ford, The Unexpected Guest : A Novel Out of Africa

“Even today, the slightest whiff of racial discrimination in South Africa, and the world comes down on our heads. I think there is envy in the way we live, our glorious weather and elevated lifestyle, which, by the way, is enjoyed now by all races. There will always be the great divide between the poor and the rich, but, then it would make us equal to almost every other country in the world, wouldn’t it?”
― Samantha Ford, The Unexpected Guest : A Novel Out of Africa

“You may not have a high opinion of South Africans, sir, and yes, our history is raw and new compared to yours. However, if I recall from my history lessons at school, the British did their fair share of plundering and pillaging. Taking foreign countries and ruling them without the consent of the people living there, people who were born there.”
― Samantha Ford, The Unexpected Guest : A Novel Out of Africa

“In his experience he had always found the South Africans easy going, good natured, mad about rugby and damn hard workers. As though they were carrying the weight of the history of their country on their shoulders, and wanted to prove to the world they were worthy of a second chance with their turbulent and brutal past.”
― Samantha Ford, The Unexpected Guest : A Novel Out of Africa

“discuss”
― Samantha Ford, The Unexpected Guest : A Novel Out of Africa