If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and… - Olive Schreiner

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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

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About Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 – 11 December 1920) was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual.

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Pen Names: Ralph Iron

Alternative Names: Olive Emily Albertina Schreiner • Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner • Olive (Emilie Albertina) Schreiner

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The bees are very attentive to the flowers until their honey is done, and then they fly over them. I don't know if the flowers feel grateful to the bees, they are great fools if they do.

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

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