Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.
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This quote is just one of 7 total Olive Schreiner quotes in our collection. Olive Schreiner is known for saying 'Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.' as well as some of the following quotes.
No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead.
This quote is just one of 7 total Olive Schreiner quotes in our collection. Olive Schreiner is known for saying 'Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.' as well as some of the following quotes.