Quotes by Ellen Van Neerven

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We decide we won’t talk about the politics. What side we’re on.
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Living in an apartment block alone sometimes feels like my room could topple backwards off the building and no one would notice.
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I've heard we all return to water sometime.
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We decide we won't talk about the politics. What side we're on.
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Driving home I switch on the radio and one of those old Motown voices comes on and reaches my heart.
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I did not tell my little brother I would take him away from it. That I would protect him, that I would stand up to her. It was not in my capacity.
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This old woman can spin a yarn. She puts her whole body in it.
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Our car was packed up like a real blackfella's car... All someone needed to do was give it a paint job proper way - dots and that.