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Olive Schreiner Quotes

I know there will be spring, as surely as the birds know it when they see above the snow two tiny, quivering green leaves. Spring cannot fail us Picture Quote #1

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist Picture Quote #1

A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea; most people, after they are about eleven or twelve, quite lose this power, they see everything through a few preconceived ideas which hang like a veil between them and the outer world Picture Quote #1

There are only two things that are absolute realities, love and knowledge, and you can’t escape them Picture Quote #1

If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut? Picture Quote #1

No woman has the right to marry a man if she has to bend herself out of shape for him. She might wish to, but she could never be to him with all her passionate endeavor what the other woman could be to him without trying. Character will dominate over all and will come out at last Picture Quote #1

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Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the world Picture Quote #1

Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity in their infancy, and when gone through at that period leaves behind it so few fatal marks; but which when it normally attacks the fully developed adult becomes one of the most virulent and toxic of diseases, often permanently poisoning the constitution where it does not end in death Picture Quote #1

The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead Picture Quote #1

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad Picture Quote #1

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them Picture Quote #1

It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand Picture Quote #1

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How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper Picture Quote #1

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I know there will be spring, as surely as the birds know it when they see above the snow two tiny, quivering green leaves. Spring cannot fail us (Olive Schreiner Quotes) Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist (Olive Schreiner Quotes) A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea; most people, after they are about eleven or twelve, quite lose this power, they see everything through a few preconceived ideas which hang like a veil between them and the outer world (Olive Schreiner Quotes) There are only two things that are absolute realities, love and knowledge, and you can’t escape them (Olive Schreiner Quotes) If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut? (Olive Schreiner Quotes) No woman has the right to marry a man if she has to bend herself out of shape for him. She might wish to, but she could never be to him with all her passionate endeavor what the other woman could be to him without trying. Character will dominate over all and will come out at last (Olive Schreiner Quotes) Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the world (Olive Schreiner Quotes) Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity in their infancy, and when gone through at that period leaves behind it so few fatal marks; but which when it normally attacks the fully developed adult becomes one of the most virulent and toxic of diseases, often permanently poisoning the constitution where it does not end in death (Olive Schreiner Quotes) The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead (Olive Schreiner Quotes) My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad (Olive Schreiner Quotes) Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them (Olive Schreiner Quotes) It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand (Olive Schreiner Quotes) How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper (Olive Schreiner Quotes)

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