“Oh my eye Betty Martin! Aren't I glad it isn't me that's going to school! It looks just like a prison.” EducationPrisonGirlsSchool 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.” SchoolIndividualityConformityAdolescencePeer 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” InspirationalSelf DiscoveryComfortingFitting InAustralian LiteratureSocial 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.” HumourAdolescenceMisunderstoodAngst 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.” PowerGenderSexismFeminism Criticism Author:Henry Handel Richardson