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Bub Bridger Quotes

1924–2009 New Zealand

Noeline Edith "Bub" Bridger MNZM (15 July 1924 – 8 December 2009) was a New Zealand poet and short story writer and actor, who often performed her own work and drew inspiration from her Māori, Irish and English ancestry.

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A great deal of my fiction deals with extreme violence erupting in normal lives.

I never decided that I would; I was just never able to stop.

You can read it with a perfectly straight face but kind of chuckle inwardly; that's what I like.

I'm always happy because your definition of 'young" is elastic...

I have a new scarlet coat and I look like a fire engine and I don't give a damn...

Some phrases you have to say out loud. it's like someone has poured warm milk into your skull, you know? It's just beautiful — I loved it.

The way Doyle paints it is that the brotherhood, the Sinn Féin became the home for all these poor — you know, the woebegotten souls who were like trying to find their way.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bub Bridger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.