We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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