Olive Schreiner

Quotes by Olive Schreiner

 

We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.

Olive Schreiner

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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

Olive Schreiner

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

Olive Schreiner

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When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.

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It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

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