Stijn Streuvels Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: October 3, 1871 - August 15, 1969
Birthday: October 3
Death: August 15
I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember; but it was all no good... bread and water was a welcome change to me from the everyday monotony of potatoes and bread-and-butter. After a sound drubbing followed by half a day’s fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.
source: Stijn Streuvels (2005). “The Path of Life”, p.10, 1st World Publishing
topic: Father, Punishment, Water, Bread And Butter
