Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it—but there is. - Olive Schreiner

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Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it—but there is.

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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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"And she said, in a voice strangely unlike her own: “I see the vision of a poor, weak soul striving after good. It was not cut short, and in the end it learnt, through tears and much pain, that holiness is an infinite compassion for others; that greatness is to take the common things of life and walk truly among them; that”—She moved her white hand and laid it on her forehead—“happiness is a great love and much serving. It was not cut short; and it loved what it had learnt—it loved—and—”

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