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> [Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/sometimes-the-slightest-things-change-the-directions-of-our-lives-the/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

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## More by Bryce Courtenay

> [“It's who you is when folks knocks at the door of your heart what counts. Hide the past and it gives them what's jealous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/it-s-who-you-is-when-folks-knocks-at-the-door-of-your-heart-what/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [I watch people get older and lose their intellectual acuity; you lose that sharpness, that cleanness, that brain that you worked so hard on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/i-watch-people-get-older-and-lose-their-intellectual-acuity-you-lose/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [“every man is an island and at the same time also robinson crusoe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/every-man-is-an-island-and-at-the-same-time-also-robinson-crusoe/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [“First with the head and then with the heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/first-with-the-head-and-then-with-the-heart/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/good-conversational-debate-is-an-end-in-itself-and-talking-for-the/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [“I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/i-wish-to-cup-knowledge-in-my-hand-and-drink-it-as-one-drinks-water/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/you-ve-got-to-be-quick-on-your-feet-in-this-world-if-you-want-to/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/i-knew-then-that-the-person-on-the-outside-was-only-a-shell-a/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/always-listen-to-yourself-it-is-better-to-be-wrong-than-simply-to/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/the-only-thing-i-can-say-that-is-wonderful-about-my-mother-is-she/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/i-have-found-in-life-that-everything-no-matter-how-bad-comes-to-an-end/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [I guess my use-by date is just about up but if I could come back as a storyteller now, I would be jumping over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/i-guess-my-use-by-date-is-just-about-up-but-if-i-could-come-back-as-a/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/inside-all-people-there-is-love-also-the-need-to-take-care-of-the/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [“In teaching me independence of thought, they had given me the greatest gift an adult can give to a child besides love, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/in-teaching-me-independence-of-thought-they-had-given-me-the-greatest/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

> [. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-courtenay/besides-love-independence-of-thought-is-the-greatest-gift-an-adult/)

[Bryce Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-courtenay/)

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