" I realised that, living in South Africa, most of us suffer not necessarily from post-traumatic but from pre-traumatic stress disorder. We analyse, prepare, hope. Not me, please. Until it happens to you. Living with the threat of crime hanging over your head is the hardest aspect of living in South Africa for me. But you get used to it. It is just impossible to explain to visiting friends and family from abroad. "

― , The Fifth Mrs Brink: A Memoir