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"Well-educated men often come to the crossroad of life .. One road might lead to fame and importance, and another might lead to peace of mind. Its the road of peace of mind that Im seeking. ["
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Bessie HeadIt is when you cry, in the blackest hour of despair, that you stumble — Bessie Head
"It is when you cry, in the blackest hour of despair, that you stumble on a source of goodness.”"
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Bessie Amelia Emery Head 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 that are infused with spiritual questioning and reflection. Notable books by her include When Rain Clouds Gather (1968), Maru (1971) and A Question of Power (1973).
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"It was the mentality of the old hag that ruined a whole continent - some sort of clinging, ancestral, tribal belief that a man was nothing more than a grovelling sex organ, that there was no such thing as privacy of soul and body, and that no ordinary man would hesitate to jump on a mere child."
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"It was his belief that a witty answer turneth away wrath and that the oil of reason should always be poured on troubled waters."
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"Before the white man became universally disliked for his mental outlook it was there."
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"He was a thin little fellow with a hollowed-out chest and comic knobbly knees."
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"Its only education that turns a man away from his tribe."
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