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Maria Dermoût

“At times I think of great-grandma, who said: learn to be proud--if we only remain proud people. You thought that when she said "proud" she meant "courageous." Yes and no, perhaps she really meant "proud"? there is something in that word "proud." And also in that she did not let us use the word "happy,”

Maria Dermoût, The Ten Thousand Things
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The Ten Thousand Things The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermoût
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