I don't know these people but my search for a faith has tau… - Bessie Emery Head

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I don't know these people but my search for a faith has taught me that life is a fire in which each burns until it is time to close the shop.

Bessie Emery Head

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Bessie Amelia Emery Head (6 July 1937 – 17 April 1986) was a South African writer who, though born in South Africa, is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer. She wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works.

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Alternative Names: Bessie Amelia Emery Head • Bessie Head

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'God isn't a magical formula for me,' ... 'God isn't a switched-on, mysterious, unknown current. I can turn to and, by doing so, feel secure in my own nobility.

They pursued their love with a wild abandon, unprotected against the treachery of the insecure foundation on which it was based and too young to bridge the gap that would suddenly and unexpectedly fling them miles apart.

Tie a man's hands behind his back and then ask him if he's going to chop down a tree.

I don't know these people but my search for a faith has taught me that life is a fire in which each burns until it is time to close the shop. - Bessie Emery Head

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