Ngaio Marsh

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What does ‘Ngaio’ mean? I don’t know. Like many Maori words, it has a number of meanings – clever, light on the water, a little bug – but I don’t know which my parents had in mind.

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When ‘Ghost in the Shell’ was first made, it was so prescient. It was sci-fi.

I always, by an involuntary act of defensiveness, return to my everyday self: so, I find, have I withdrawn from writing about experiences which have most closely concerned and disturbed me. I have been deflected by my own reticence.

May 19, 2024

I always, by an involuntary act of defensiveness, return to my everyday self: so, I find, have I withdrawn from writing about experiences which have most closely concerned and disturbed me. I have been deflected by my own reticence.

May 19, 2024

What does ‘Ngaio’ mean? I don’t know. Like many Maori words, it has a number of meanings – clever, light on the water, a little bug – but I don’t know which my parents had in mind.

Ngaio Marsh

Other Quote

When ‘Ghost in the Shell’ was first made, it was so prescient. It was sci-fi.

I always, by an involuntary act of defensiveness, return to my everyday self: so, I find, have I withdrawn from writing about experiences which have most closely concerned and disturbed me. I have been deflected by my own reticence.

I always, by an involuntary act of defensiveness, return to my everyday self: so, I find, have I withdrawn from writing about experiences which have most closely concerned and disturbed me. I have been deflected by my own reticence.

When ‘Ghost in the Shell’ was first made, it was so prescient. It was sci-fi.

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What does ‘Ngaio’ mean? I don’t know. Like many Maori words, it has a number of meanings – clever, light on the water, a little bug – but I don’t know which my parents had in mind.

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