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Burger's Daughter
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"Burger's Daughter" Quotes

"Burger's Daughter" by Nadine Gordimer explores the life of Rosa Burger as she navigates her identity and political legacy in apartheid South Africa.

Quotes

Even when you are silent, even when you are alone, you are aware of yourself as a being in a particular place.

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identityself-awareness

What you can’t get over is that you’re not indispensable.

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self-worthrealization

The ultimate requirement of a revolution is the sacrifice of the self.

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sacrificerevolution

Time is not a thing that passes, it’s a sea on which you float.

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timephilosophy

I am what I am because of who we all are.

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identitycommunity

There is only one way to deal with power and that is to become it.

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powercontrol

Memory is a mirror clouded with tears.

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memoryemotion

Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do what you ought.

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freedomresponsibility

In silence, there are answers.

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silenceintrospection

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

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truthdesire