Tandia Quotes

“But I started to realize that it doesn't begin like this, that anybody can be the target for prejudice, all you have to be is "too" something . Too short, too fat, too clever, too big, too small, too slow, too new, "too different" from what others think of as normal.”
― Bryce Courtenay, Tandia

“What evidence do you have that the black people in your country are ready to rise against the regime? A true revolution begins from the soil, from the grass roots. It is the final cry of despair from the ground up. Have you heard the cry “freedom"?”
― Bryce Courtenay, Tandia: The sequel to Power of One

“I think you might profitably spend a little time in the Bodelain consulting the work of John Fawcett, though, of course, I am more anxious to read your own thoughts on the subject.'
E.W., skillfully moving both of them towards the door, continued his instructions. 'So, please, dear boy, not too many notations in your essay on the thoughts of men long dead. Profundity is seldom achieved by misquoting the opinions of those who cannot return to defend themselves. It is an unfortunate habit cultivated by the more modest minds at Oxford who can only impress their peers by building a bulwark of old ideas. It disguises, of course, the absence of any new ones of their own. By all means use the quotes of the dead to clear the known ground, then dare to walk the wildest unknown path. In this way we can look forward to some intellectual progress.'p200”
― Bryce Courtenay, Tandia