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> [“Pale as a candle flame in the dusk, tallow-pale, he stalked along, holding her hand, and Louie looked up and beyond him at the enfeebled stars. Thus, for many years, she had seen her father's head, a ghostly earth flame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/pale-as-a-candle-flame-in-the-dusk-tallow-pale-he-stalked-along/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

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## More by Christina Stead

> [Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/charm-is-a-cunning-self-forgetfulness/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“It is splendid—to be—loved! If we only—can—live up—to the thoughts—of us—by them—that love us!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-is-splendid-to-be-loved-if-we-only-can-live-up-to-the-thoughts-of/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“I’m afraid to write to your father: he criticizes my spelling,” sneered Henny. “And it appears I know nothing about geography. Hang his stuck-up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-m-afraid-to-write-to-your-father-he-criticizes-my-spelling-sneered/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“you do not know what she did not only to me but to the little children. She has tortured them, turned them against me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/you-do-not-know-what-she-did-not-only-to-me-but-to-the-little/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [To me, all the juice of a book is in an unpublished manuscript, and the published book is like a dead tree - just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/to-me-all-the-juice-of-a-book-is-in-an-unpublished-manuscript-and-the/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“Hair under the arms, for example, he said, should never be removed, for nature had put it there, and evidently it had some use.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/hair-under-the-arms-for-example-he-said-should-never-be-removed-for/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/about-myself-no-i-m-unimportant-an-observer-a-wandering-animal/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“A month before our marriage, I knew it would be a well-nigh hopeless union, yet so great is a young man’s idea of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-month-before-our-marriage-i-knew-it-would-be-a-well-nigh-hopeless/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“For a moment, after years of scamping, she felt the dread power of wifehood; they were locked in each other’s grasp till the end—the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/for-a-moment-after-years-of-scamping-she-felt-the-dread-power-of/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [Socialist writers are made of sterner stuff than those who only let their characters steeplechase through trouble in order to comeout first in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/socialist-writers-are-made-of-sterner-stuff-than-those-who-only-let/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“Don’t call humans rats—rats are superior.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/don-t-call-humans-rats-rats-are-superior/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“Whatever men say, women know;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/whatever-men-say-women-know/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [“she is never more herself than when she destroys herself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/she-is-never-more-herself-than-when-she-destroys-herself/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [Each Australian is a Ulysses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/each-australian-is-a-ulysses/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

> [A dominant race did not lie, because it had the whip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-dominant-race-did-not-lie-because-it-had-the-whip/)

[Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/)

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