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> [“Fireworks made of glass. An explosion of dew. Crescendo. Diminuendo. Silence. There are drugs that work the same, and while I am not suggesting that our founder purchased the glassworks to get more drops, it is clear that she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/fireworks-made-of-glass-an-explosion-of-dew-crescendo-diminuendo/)

[peter carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

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> [Glass is a thing in disguise, an actor, is not solid at all, but a liquid?an old sheet of glass will not only take on a royal and purplish tinge but will reveal its true liquid nature by having grown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/glass-is-a-thing-in-disguise-an-actor-is-not-solid-at-all-but-a/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

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## More by Peter Carey

> [“I have traveled widely. I have seen this country in its infancy. I tell you what it will become. The public squares will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/i-have-traveled-widely-i-have-seen-this-country-in-its-infancy-i-tell/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/at-the-very-end-of-a-book-i-can-manage-to-work-for-longer-stretches/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/being-famous-as-a-writer-is-like-being-famous-in-a-village-it-s-not/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [It's not like I've got 100 ideas. I finish a book, and I've got none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/it-s-not-like-i-ve-got-100-ideas-i-finish-a-book-and-i-ve-got-none/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [“Remember, this is the country of the duck-billed platypus. When you are cut off from the rest of the world, things are bound to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/remember-this-is-the-country-of-the-duck-billed-platypus-when-you-are/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [Australia is my lens. I cannot see the world any other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/australia-is-my-lens-i-cannot-see-the-world-any-other-way/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [If you ever read one of my books I hope you'll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/if-you-ever-read-one-of-my-books-i-hope-you-ll-think-it-looks-so-easy/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [I had known loneliness before, and emptiness upon the moor, but I had never been a NOTHING, a nothing floating on a nothing, known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/i-had-known-loneliness-before-and-emptiness-upon-the-moor-but-i-had/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [I did not know that history is like a blood stain that keeps on showing on the wall no matter how many new owners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/i-did-not-know-that-history-is-like-a-blood-stain-that-keeps-on/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it's there every day when we look out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/i-think-that-thing-about-the-destruction-of-the-world-is-there-all/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [“Your American, you wouldn't know if you were up yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/your-american-you-wouldn-t-know-if-you-were-up-yourself/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [“He were still smiling but his voice were hard as a spoon rattling in a metal cup.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/he-were-still-smiling-but-his-voice-were-hard-as-a-spoon-rattling-in/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [“Would you rather have the lords and nobles back? What is Democracy for? Not so we can rob each other. Or cheat.' I said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/would-you-rather-have-the-lords-and-nobles-back-what-is-democracy-for/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [“7. Some Theories that Arose at the Time 1. The world is merely a dream dreamt by god who is waking after a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/7-some-theories-that-arose-at-the-time-1-the-world-is-merely-a-dream/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

> [I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/i-m-always-the-one-with-the-activist-friends-i-ve-been-an-activist/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

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