To us, from the beginning, Nature has been but a poor plastic thing, to be toyed with this way or that, as man happens to please his deity or not; to go to church or not; to say his prayers right or not; to travel on a Sunday or not.Was it possible for us in an instant to see Nature as she is-the flowing vestment of an unchanging reality?
Olive SchreinerA child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea.
Olive SchreinerI think if I were dying and I heard of an act of injustice, it would start me up to a moment's life again.
Olive Schreiner