"There is no alarm clock like embarrassment,"

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Source : Maryrose Wood (2010). “The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling”, p.3, Harper Collins

Maryrose Wood

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“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.”
“It is not quite accurate to say that the objective of art is to represent what happens to us as a consequence of encountering the world. A fuller description of the task would be to say our aim is to discover what happens to us as we consider things.”
“Going online and asking questions is the best way to learn.”
“Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures,”
“Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.”

Source : 1902 Speech at the Vereeniging peace talks, 31 May.
“I fired the ball for the purpose of giving those dudes to understand upon what ground I stood, believing that those of this class who believe that there are no women capable of taking care of themselves when young, would inform their friends that they might be in danger of their lives if they approached me.”
“They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.”
“A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight”

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