And you do not need to. When you are seventeen this Boer-wo… - Olive Schreiner

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And you do not need to. When you are seventeen this Boer-woman will go; you will have this farm and everything that is upon it for your own; but I,’ said Lyndall, ‘will have nothing. I must learn.’”

Olive Schreiner

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

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

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All things on earth have their price, and for truth we pay the dearest. We barter it for love and sympathy. The road to honour is paved with thorns; but on the path to truth, at every step you set your foot down on your heart.

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