6 Quotes & Sayings By Ruth Park

In 2011 Ruth Park was awarded the OBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her contribution to literature. In 2012 Ruth was awarded the Premio Letterario Europa Nostra for her novel The Boxer. In 2013 she was a guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair and a recipient of the Pen Pals service award from the City of London. In 2015 Ruth received a CBE from the Queen in recognition of her outstanding contribution to literature Read more

Ruth's most recent book is "The Korean Woman Who Became a Samurai Spy."

[a]nd the Pig Man came in from Waitomo and swore...
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[a]nd the Pig Man came in from Waitomo and swore that if Louisa didn't marry him he'd damn well vote Labour at the next ele Ruth Park
The announcer, in milky tones, rolled out the commercial; it...
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The announcer, in milky tones, rolled out the commercial; it was all about some sort of washing powder that made laundry days a mere frolic in the backyard Ruth Park
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And when he got home he started on Mumma. He hated her then, because in her fatness and untidiness and drabness she reminded him of what he himself was when he was sober. Ruth Park
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What has being a girl to do with anything if a person in properly qualified?' ... 'It's what you call prejudice, ' she said. Ruth Park
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Then she said, with piteous defiance, "If I could love her, the Good Lord could, and he won't be too hard on an old lady who didn't have an easy life. Ruth Park