Only a very small percentage can regard conditions from any but a selfish point of view or conceive of any but their own shoe-pinch.
Miles FranklinBravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you... I see it and know it, but I cannot help you... I am only an unnecessary, little, bush commoner, I am only a - woman.
Miles FranklinThere are only two kinds of parents. Those who think their offspring can do nothing wrong, and those who think they can do nothing right.
Miles Franklin