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> [My brother arrived some months after my father left. Um, and he ah, was thus eight years younger than me and it was um, you know, it was such a time that my mother probably had people wondering was it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/my-brother-arrived-some-months-after-my-father-left-um-and-he-ah-was/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

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## More by Thomas Keneally

> [“In a fallen world, it was hard to do unambiguous good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/in-a-fallen-world-it-was-hard-to-do-unambiguous-good/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/in-a-way-australia-is-like-catholicism-the-company-is-sometimes/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [“Vina e un vis, mila e singura realitate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/vina-e-un-vis-mila-e-singura-realitate/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [And I was very interested in the priesthood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/and-i-was-very-interested-in-the-priesthood/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [“She yawns for men and not with her mouth. She weeps for men and not with her eyes. She drinks men down, she is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/she-yawns-for-men-and-not-with-her-mouth-she-weeps-for-men-and-not/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [“If Frau Rasch, in the last and fullest days of her husband’s power in Brno, had idly—during a party, say; a musical recital at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/if-frau-rasch-in-the-last-and-fullest-days-of-her-husband-s-power-in/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [Um, what I found though about the Christian Brothers is this: that they were certainly muscular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/um-what-i-found-though-about-the-christian-brothers-is-this-that-they/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/so-i-was-very-close-to-ordination-i-was-delighted-to-be-ordained-a/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [ “He \[Rabbi Menasha Levartov\] was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/he-rabbi-menasha-levartov-was-one-of-those-men-who-even-in-the-years/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [“Paradox is beloved of novelists. The despised savior, the humane whore, the selfish man suddenly munificent, the wise fool, and the cowardly hero. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/paradox-is-beloved-of-novelists-the-despised-savior-the-humane-whore/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [“We humbly beg your kind applause,” murmured Mary Brenham, with a creative frown that reminded Ralph of Betsey Alicia and made him sharply aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/we-humbly-beg-your-kind-applause-murmured-mary-brenham-with-a/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [“In the mind of a true snob there are certain limited criteria to denote the value of human existence. Jimmie's criteria were: home, hearth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/in-the-mind-of-a-true-snob-there-are-certain-limited-criteria-to/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [“The dogs were really keening now, like Irish widows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/the-dogs-were-really-keening-now-like-irish-widows/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/and-it-is-a-folly-to-try-to-craft-a-novel-for-the-screen-to-write-a/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

> [The List is Life.", Schindler's List](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keneally/the-list-is-life-schindler-s-list/)

[Thomas Keneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keneally/)

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