"Nervous Conditions" Quotes
A young girl in colonial Rhodesia struggles to find her own identity and pursue an education in the face of family and societal expectations.
fiction | 216 pages | Published in 1988
Quotes
The condition of native is a nervous condition.
You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception.
Quietness has its own power.
You can't destroy a tree by cutting down its branches.
The terrible thing about this world is that it is not a good place, not a fair place.
We are all of us walking a road we don't know the end of.
The problem with English is this: You usually can't open your mouth and it comes out just like that.
I was not sorry when my brother died.
I was my father's daughter, and I was not to be seen or heard.
Our parents are the same in whatever culture.
