Blue Quote by Olive Schreiner
“If Nature here wishes to make a mountain, she runs a range for five hundred miles; if a plain, she levels eighty; if a rock, she tilts five thousand feet of strata on end; our skies are higher and more intensely blue; our waves larger than others; our rivers fiercer. There is nothing measured, small nor petty in South Africa.”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Story of an African Farm, Olive Schreiner, 1883
South Africa’s vast, varied landscape defies modest measurement, highlighting its grandeur and power.
In simple terms: South Africa is huge and powerful.
Key Takeaway
Respect and protect natural grandeur.
Themes
nature
scale
power
Mood
awe
inspired
Type
environmental
literary
When to use this quote
- travel
- conservation
- education
- policy making
Key Concepts
geography
environmental awe
Questions to Reflect On
- What responsibilities arise from such vastness?
- How can we preserve this magnitude?
A Different Perspective
Human ambition may overlook ecological fragility.
