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" Ouma Nella’s quotes p 144 -146
“Man, if you don’t know where you going, any road will bring you there.”

“It don’t matter how far a river run. It never forget where it come from. That is all that is important.”

“No matter if it’s wet or dry,” she grunt. “As long as you keep a green branch in your heart, there will always be a bird that come to sing in it.”

“It’s no use crying in the rain, my child, because no one will see your tears.
“Don't think you can climb two trees at the same time just because you got two legs.”

“Ouma Nella, where am I not?”
“But you’re right here with me, Philida. So there’s many places where you’re not.”
“Tell me where those places are. I got to know. So I can go and look for myself. "

André Brink , Philida


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André Brink quote : Ouma Nella’s quotes p 144 -146<br />“Man, if you don’t know where you going, any road will bring you there.” <br /><br />“It don’t matter how far a river run. It never forget where it come from. That is all that is important.”<br /><br />“No matter if it’s wet or dry,” she grunt. “As long as you keep a green branch in your heart, there will always be a bird that come to sing in it.”<br /><br />“It’s no use crying in the rain, my child, because no one will see your tears.<br />“Don't think you can climb two trees at the same time just because you got two legs.”<br /><br />“Ouma Nella, where am I not?”<br />“But you’re right here with me, Philida. So there’s many places where you’re not.”<br />“Tell me where those places are. I got to know. So I can go and look for myself.