"I was sent to a school because my……" — Sigrid Undset
"I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps."
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Sigrid Undset
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I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom
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One cannot escape dogmas—those who hold most firmly to dogmas today are those whose only dogma is that dogmas should…
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God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself…
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I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school…
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Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.
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I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for,…
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No doing without some ruing.
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Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate.
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And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the…
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Her heart felt as if it were breaking in her breast, bleeding and bleeding, young and fierce. From grief over…
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All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.
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Feelings of longing seemed to burst from her heart; they ran in all directions, like streams of blood, seeking out…
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