Quotes by Schreiner, Olive

From our earliest hour we have been taught that the thought of the hea >>

Of all cursed places under the sun, where the hungriest soul can hardl >>

I have no conscience, none, but I would not like to bring a soul into >>

Quotations about Procreation

Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the stan >>

He plough'd her, and she cropp'd. >>

Sperm is a bandit in its pure state. >>

I have no conscience, none, but I would not like to bring a soul into this world. When it sinned and when it suffered something like a dead hand would fall on me, -- You did it, you, for your own pleasure you created this thing! See your work! If it lived to be eighty it would always hang like a millstone round my neck, have the right to demand good from me, and curse me for its sorrow. A parent is only like to God: if his work turns out bad so much the worse for him; he dare not wash his hands of it. Time and years can never bring the day when you can say to your child, Soul, what have I to do with you?

Schreiner, Olive