Mona Monyane

"It felt like I was losing my mind because my career and everything had been put on hold, and now this child [for whom it was done] was not here."

"A lot has been done to tear families apart, to traumatise and disenfranchise them."

"We are that generation who have to take the baton and say, 'How do we normalise life for our children and their children?'"

"That was the most profoundly painful thing God has ever done to me, but it was necessary."

"I was going to die in that marriage. I had lost myself to the point where I couldn’t recognise who I was when I looked in the mirror. My dreams were gone. I didn’t want to act anymore; I thought I had no talent."

"I can’t keep making excuses for not receiving what I desire out of this marriage."