"The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead."

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Source : Olive Schreiner (2014). “The Story of an African Farm”, p.92, Read Books Ltd

Olive Schreiner

#Tree Quotes #Scar Quotes #Youth Quotes

“Men, I think, have to be weighed, not counted.”
“I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because the audience is dancing or singing with us. That's the interesting part of the live show, actually, because everything is possible and everything can change.”
“Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.”
“People are scared of falling sick in Indonesia, because Indonesia has one of the most compassionless medical systems in the world, totally abandoned to market forces. Medical care here is just 'business', as everything else here has become 'business'. It is quite terrifying and grotesque.”
“I always feel like I'm the one with everything to prove.”
“There's nothing interesting about looking perfectâ€”you lose the point. You want what you're wearing to say something about you, about who you are.”

Source : "Emma Enchanted". www.teenvogue.com. June 21, 2009.
“God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.”
“Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.”

Source : Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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