My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.

Olive Schreiner

About Olive Schreiner

Portrait of Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner (24 March 1855 – 11 December 1920) was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual. She is best remembered today for her novel The Story of an African Farm (1883), which has been highly acclaimed. It deals boldly with such contemporary issues as agnosticism, existential independence, individualism,...

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