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Patrick White Quotes

So that, in the end, there was no end Picture Quote #1

If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect Picture Quote #1

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage Picture Quote #1

But bombs are unbelievable until they actually fall Picture Quote #1

I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt Picture Quote #1

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage Picture Quote #1

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Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays Picture Quote #1

Loonies speak their own language, like educated people Picture Quote #1

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle’s, on the dining table Picture Quote #1

Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility carried out in a grand Scottish hotel amongst the bridge players and swillers of easy-come-by whisky. My chest got me out of active service and into guilt, as I wrote two, or is it three of the novels for which I am now acclaimed Picture Quote #1

At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions Picture Quote #1

Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays Picture Quote #1

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Life is full of alternatives but no choice Picture Quote #1

The essence of what you have to say you pick up before you’re twenty Picture Quote #1

If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others Picture Quote #1

To understand the stars would spoil their appearance Picture Quote #1

I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels Picture Quote #1

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle’s, on the dining table Picture Quote #1

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I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood Picture Quote #1

If she had only been able to touch him, they might perhaps have pooled their secrets and discovered the reason for human confusion. But as that wasn’t possible, she went outside, into the garden Picture Quote #1

Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one Picture Quote #1

She had begun to read in the beginning as a protection from the frightening and unpleasant things. She continued because, apart from the story, literature brought with it a kind of gentility for which she craved Picture Quote #1

I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm Picture Quote #1

She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious, poetic words that she alone would interpret through some sense inherited from sleep Picture Quote #1

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Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty Picture Quote #1

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So that, in the end, there was no end (Patrick White Quotes) If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect (Patrick White Quotes) My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage. (Patrick White Quotes) But bombs are unbelievable until they actually fall (Patrick White Quotes) I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt (Patrick White Quotes) My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage (Patrick White Quotes) Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays (Patrick White Quotes) Loonies speak their own language, like educated people (Patrick White Quotes) I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle’s, on the dining table. (Patrick White Quotes) Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility carried out in a grand Scottish hotel amongst the bridge players and swillers of easy-come-by whisky. My chest got me out of active service and into guilt, as I wrote two, or is it three of the novels for which I am now acclaimed. (Patrick White Quotes) At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions. (Patrick White Quotes) Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays. (Patrick White Quotes) Life is full of alternatives but no choice (Patrick White Quotes) The essence of what you have to say you pick up before you’re twenty (Patrick White Quotes) If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others (Patrick White Quotes) To understand the stars would spoil their appearance (Patrick White Quotes) I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels (Patrick White Quotes) I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle’s, on the dining table (Patrick White Quotes) I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood (Patrick White Quotes) If she had only been able to touch him, they might perhaps have pooled their secrets and discovered the reason for human confusion. But as that wasn’t possible, she went outside, into the garden (Patrick White Quotes) Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one (Patrick White Quotes) She had begun to read in the beginning as a protection from the frightening and unpleasant things. She continued because, apart from the story, literature brought with it a kind of gentility for which she craved (Patrick White Quotes) I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm (Patrick White Quotes) She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious, poetic words that she alone would interpret through some sense inherited from sleep (Patrick White Quotes) Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty (Patrick White Quotes)