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“Oh my eye Betty Martin! Aren't I glad it isn't me that's going to school! It looks just like a prison.”

Education Prison Girls School Reform

Author:Henry Handel Richardson

“Laura began to model herself more and more on those around her; to grasp that the unpardonable sin is to vary from the common mould.”

School Individuality Conformity Adolescence Peer Pressure

Book:The Getting of Wisdom

Source: The Getting of Wisdom

“She could not then know that, even for the squarest peg, the right hole may ultimately be found”

Inspirational Self Discovery Comforting Fitting In Australian Literature Social Isolation

Book:The Getting of Wisdom

Source: The Getting of Wisdom

“After all, there was something rather pleasant in knowing that you were misunderstood. It made you feel different from everyone else.”

Humour Adolescence Misunderstood Angst

Book:The Getting of Wisdom

Source: The Getting of Wisdom

“For out of it all rose the vague, crude picture of woman as the prey of man. Man was animal, a composite of lust and cruelty, with no aim but that of brutally taking his pleasure: something monstrous, yet to be adored; annihilating, yet to be sought after; something to flee and, at the same time, to entice, with every art at one's disposal.”

Power Gender Sexism Feminism Criticism

Author:Henry Handel Richardson