Is That You Ruthie? Quotes

“My past is nothing more than the trace that I have left behind. What drives my life to-day is the energy that I generate in my present moment. A”
― Ruth Hegarty, Is That You, Ruthie?

“There was no one to comfort the children, no one to embrace them, no one to love them. Care and control were what the dormitories were all about, not love and affection.”
― Ruth Hegarty, Is That You, Ruthie?

“In many cases our mothers were sent out of the dormitory to work as domestics on sheep and cattle properties and did not see their kids for up to twelve months at a time.”
― Ruth Hegarty, Is That You, Ruthie?