According to those supposed to know us best, we're always saying this or always doing that, as though that is all we ever do or can ever be, even though we can be all of these - parent and child, tyrant and martyr - at once.
Ngokwalabo okufanele basazi kangcono, sihlala sikusho lokhu noma sihlala sikwenza lokho, njengokungathi ukuphela kwento esihlale siyenza, noma esingake siyenze, nakuba singaba yikho konke lokhu – umzali nengane, umashiqela nomuntu ofela ukholo – ngasikhathi sinye.