But in all the wide world there was not a soul to hold out a hand to me, and I said bitterly, "There is no… — Miles Franklin
But in all the wide world there was not a soul to hold out a hand to me, and I said bitterly, "There is no good in the world." In softer moods I said, "Ah, the tangle of it! Those who have the heart to help have not the power, and those who have the power have not the heart."
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