Rudyard Kipling Washona ngosuku olunjenganamuhla ngo-1936 eLondon. Ingenye ye ababhali abakhulu ngolimi lwesiNgisi, kokubili izindaba zakhe kanye nezindaba kanye nezinkondlo zakhe. Wayengumuntu ophikisanayo ngemibono yakhe yama-imperialist futhi wachitha iminyaka yokuqala yobuntwana bakhe eNdiya. Kodwa esisele nakho wumsebenzi oneziqu eziqashelwa kakhulu emlandweni wezincwadi, njengokuthi Incwadi ehlathini, Kim o Okaputeni Abangasabi. Namuhla ukukhumbula kuhamba kanje Ukukhetha ibinzana yaleyo misebenzi.
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ukukhanya okucishayo
- Kumele ufunde ukuxolela indoda uma isothandweni.
- Sonke siyiziqhingi siklabalasa amanga phakathi kwezilwandle zokungaqondi.
- Umhlaba muhle kakhulu, futhi uyesabeka kakhulu, futhi awunandaba nempilo yakho, eyami nanoma iyiphi enye.
- Nginomentshisi nesibabule sami, futhi ngizozakhela esami isihogo.
- Kunzima ukuhlala wedwa ebumnyameni, ukudida imini nobusuku; ukuzumeka ngenxa yokukhathala emini, futhi uvuke ungaphumuli ngenxa yokusa.
Incwadi ehlathini
- Iphakethe kufanele liqaphele konke. Kuzomele umbonise lengane yomuntu. Ingabe usenaso isinqumo esiqinile sokuhlala naye?
- Thula, sithandwa sami, ukuze ubusuku bukhule.
- Unokuzethemba okukhulu kuwe ukuthi awunaki ngokuphelele. Obunye ubufakazi bokuthi ungohlanga lwesintu. Kufanele uqaphele.
- Akusizi ukuba yindoda uma ngingaluqondi ulimi olusetshenziswa amadoda.
- Inhliziyo yakho inkulu futhi ulimi lwakho lunekhono. Phakathi kwezinto ezimbili uzohamba kude kakhulu.
- Unokuzethemba okukhulu kuwe ukuthi awunaki ngokuphelele. Obunye ubufakazi bokuthi ungohlanga lwesintu. Kufanele uqaphele.
- Izilo ziyazi ukuthi umuntu uyisilwane esingenakuzivikela emvelweni. Akuyona impango efanele umzingeli oqhosha ngokuba munye.
- Umqambimanga uqamba amanga kuphela lapho ethemba ukuthi bazomkholwa.
- Ungathukutheli. Impela ubugwala obubi kakhulu lobo.
- Ehlathini, ngisho nezidalwa ezincane kakhulu zingaba yizisulu.
- Lala ngokuthula kungabikho ukukhala, amaphupho agcwalisa ulwandle ngomunyu.
- Ngokuba amandla omhlambi asempisini, namandla empisi asephaketheni.
- Manje usuyindoda ngempela. Awuseyona ingane yomuntu. Akusekho ndawo yakho ehlathini. Izinyembezi mazigeleze, Mowgli.
Okaputeni Abangasabi
- Mina-ke ngifuna inkululeko noma ukufa.
- Amadoda ajwayele ukudla ematafuleni amancane phakathi neziphepho ezimbi anemikhuba ehlanzekile nentekenteke.
- Inhliziyo yakho izophuka ngokukhala kakhulu. UNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi nami nginezizathu zokukhala futhi angi...
- Akusizi ukungenqabela ukwenza engikuthandayo…Intsha ihlale inesizotha kubadala futhi abadala bahlale bezimisele ukubonga lokhu kuhlonishwa.
- Izinsizwa ezinhle ezigibele, njengami, njengawe, Manuel noPenny, ziyiqembu lesibili. Sidla sebeqedile abokuqala. Ziyizinhlanzi ezindala, ezincane nezishwabene. Yingakho bekhonzwa kuqala, okungabafanele.
Kim
- Asikho isono esibi njengokungazi. Khumbula njalo lokhu.
- Awukwazi ukukhetha Ukukhululeka futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo uhlale uyisigqila senjabulo yokuphila.
- Imfundo, uma iyinhle, iyisibusiso esikhulu kunazo zonke. Uma kungenjalo akusizi.
- Amadoda afana namahhashi. Kwesinye isikhathi zidinga usawoti, uma zingawutholi emkhombeni zihambe ziwukhothe phansi.
- Umhlabathi wawumuhle, umhlabathi ohlanzekile: akulona ukhula olusha, okuthi ngokuphila nje luvele luphakathi kokufa, kodwa umhlabathi ogcwele ithemba oqukethe imbewu yakho konke ukuphila.
- Ababuza buthule buthule bayalamba.