--- title: "171 Christina Stead Quotes - Famous Writer (The man who loved children)" description: "Christina Stead quotes on love, charm, and the value of unpublished work." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b126/author-christina-stead-2325.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b126/author-christina-stead-2325.jpg) # Christina Stead (1902–1983) Writer Australia **171** quotes in **510** categories Christina Stead reflects on love, self‑forgetfulness, and the power of unseen work. She describes charm as a cunning way to lose oneself, and she values the raw juice of an unpublished manuscript over a finished book. She also notes how criticism and fear can shape a writer’s voice. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Christina Stead was a writer from Australia, best known for *The man who loved children*. ## Quick Facts About Christina Stead Born July 17, 1902 Died March 31, 1983 Nationality Australia Profession Writer Notable works The man who loved children Known for For Love Alone, I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist, Letty Fox: Her Luck, The Man Who Loved Children Spouse William J. Blake ## About Christina Stead She was a committed Marxist but never joined the Communist Party. Much of her adult life was lived abroad, though she returned to Australia shortly before she died. ## Awards & Honors Patrick White Award ## Quotes by Christina Stead > [A woman is a hunter without a forest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-woman-is-a-hunter-without-a-forest/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Forest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3df/christina-stead-2325_forest_a-woman-is-a-hunter-without-a-forest-474_474705.png) > [“All men are dogs,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/all-men-are-dogs/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Dogs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/christina-stead-2325_dogs_all-men-are-dogs-1053495_1053495.png) > [Money has no country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/money-has-no-country/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/christina-stead-2325_country_money-has-no-country-2325831_2325831.png) > [It is most oppressive to be an aunt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-is-most-oppressive-to-be-an-aunt/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/christina-stead-2325_aunt_it-is-most-oppressive-to-be-an-aunt-8105_810582.png) > [Loneliness is a terrible blindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/loneliness-is-a-terrible-blindness/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/christina-stead-2325_art_loneliness-is-a-terrible-blindness-17248_1724886.png) > [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/) [Australia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/christina-stead-2325_australia_each-australian-is-a-ulysses-171338_171338.png) > [Venus can see at night without eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/venus-can-see-at-night-without-eyes/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/christina-stead-2325_eye_venus-can-see-at-night-without-eyes-9588_958834.png) > [“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/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/christina-stead-2325_feminism_whatever-men-say-women-know-119725_119725.png) > [And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/and-gold-has-no-name-it-licks-the-hand-of-anyone-who-has-it-good-dog/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/christina-stead-2325_animal_and-gold-has-no-name-it-licks-the-hand-o_1388237.png) > [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/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/christina-stead-2325_animal_about-myself-no-i-m-unimportant-an-obser_37270.png) > [“The children hid themselves, with receptive ears, round corners.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/the-children-hid-themselves-with-receptive-ears-round-corners/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/christina-stead-2325_child_the-children-hid-themselves-with-recepti_2952082.png) > [Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/altruism-is-selfishness-out-with-a-pair-of-field-glasses-and/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Altruism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/altruism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/christina-stead-2325_altruism_altruism-is-selfishness-out-with-a-pair_2094331.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/christina-stead-2325_dominant_a-dominant-race-did-not-lie-because-it-h_175370.png) > [A speculator is a man who, if he dies at the right time, has a rich widow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-speculator-is-a-man-who-if-he-dies-at-the-right-time-has-a-rich/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Customer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/customer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/christina-stead-2325_customer_a-speculator-is-a-man-who-if-he-dies-at_196269.png) > [People who don't like scandals shouldn't be in finance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/people-who-don-t-like-scandals-shouldn-t-be-in-finance/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Finance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/christina-stead-2325_finance_people-who-don-t-like-scandals-shouldn-t_213928.png) > [Love is feared: it dissolves society, it's unpopular, and it's very rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/love-is-feared-it-dissolves-society-it-s-unpopular-and-it-s-very-rare/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/christina-stead-2325_fear_love-is-feared-it-dissolves-society-it-s_937453.png) > [“Am I to spend the next twenty years in the high-minded company of a smug Philistine who doesn’t so much as make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/am-i-to-spend-the-next-twenty-years-in-the-high-minded-company-of-a/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/christina-stead-2325_business_am-i-to-spend-the-next-twenty-years-in-t_542821.png) > [“Henny was one of those women who secretly sympathize with all women against all men; life was a rotten deal, with men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/henny-was-one-of-those-women-who-secretly-sympathize-with-all-women/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/christina-stead-2325_life_henny-was-one-of-those-women-who-secretl_508119.png) > [“By smiling, we turn devils into angels, enemies into friends; the cup of poison becomes the loving cup.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/by-smiling-we-turn-devils-into-angels-enemies-into-friends-the-cup-of/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Devils](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devils/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/christina-stead-2325_devils_by-smiling-we-turn-devils-into-angels-en_2253030.png) > [“she belonged to the great race of human beings who regard life as a series of piracies of all powers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/she-belonged-to-the-great-race-of-human-beings-who-regard-life-as-a/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Great race](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-race/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/christina-stead-2325_great-race_she-belonged-to-the-great-race-of-human_2948691.png) > [I never wanted to marry anyone like my father; I always preferred those more shoddy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-never-wanted-to-marry-anyone-like-my-father-i-always-preferred/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/christina-stead-2325_father_i-never-wanted-to-marry-anyone-like-my-f_1162578.png) > [I wish I had a man and not a dishrag printed over with big words like 'constitutional rights' and 'progress'!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-wish-i-had-a-man-and-not-a-dishrag-printed-over-with-big-words-like/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/christina-stead-2325_big-words_i-wish-i-had-a-man-and-not-a-dishrag-pri_2493298.png) > [“it was the rotten fabric woven by evil, the overnight sham bulwarks of enemies of the people; it would burn to ash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-was-the-rotten-fabric-woven-by-evil-the-overnight-sham-bulwarks-of/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/truth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/christina-stead-2325_truth_it-was-the-rotten-fabric-woven-by-evil-t_379299.png) > [“I do not know how I got through without breaking down, without my heart bursting from sorrow and shame.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-do-not-know-how-i-got-through-without-breaking-down-without-my/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Breaking heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breaking-heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/christina-stead-2325_breaking-heart_i-do-not-know-how-i-got-through-without_440574.png) > [“I’ll find a way. There must be a way. And I’ll take my children from you. The man who loves children! You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-ll-find-a-way-there-must-be-a-way-and-i-ll-take-my-children-from/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/christina-stead-2325_children_i-ll-find-a-way-there-must-be-a-way-and_2573980.jpg) > [Behind the concept of woman's strangeness is the idea that a woman may do anything: she is below society, not bound by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/behind-the-concept-of-woman-s-strangeness-is-the-idea-that-a-woman/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/christina-stead-2325_attributes_behind-the-concept-of-woman-s-strangenes_1079723.png) > [“she saw her husband for the first time: she had married a child whose only talent was an air of engaging helplessness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/she-saw-her-husband-for-the-first-time-she-had-married-a-child-whose/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/christina-stead-2325_children_she-saw-her-husband-for-the-first-time-s_642867.png) > [The French are a tremendously verbal race: they kill you with their assurances, their repetitions, their reasons, their platitudes, their formulae, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/the-french-are-a-tremendously-verbal-race-they-kill-you-with-their/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Assurance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assurance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/christina-stead-2325_assurance_the-french-are-a-tremendously-verbal-rac_956706.png) > [“When we are born, we are studied, and deviations, if noxious to the species, are suppressed; good deviations are preserved. And furthermore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/when-we-are-born-we-are-studied-and-deviations-if-noxious-to-the/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/christina-stead-2325_deviations_when-we-are-born-we-are-studied-and-devi_2400744.png) > [No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/no-rich-man-is-a-patriot-no-rich-man-is-a-friend-they-have-all-only/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Divorce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/divorce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/christina-stead-2325_divorce_no-rich-man-is-a-patriot-no-rich-man-is_1281352.png) > [“I knew before marriage to Henrietta Collyer that she and I should never have come together, but a young man’s sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-knew-before-marriage-to-henrietta-collyer-that-she-and-i-should/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Chivalry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chivalry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/christina-stead-2325_chivalry_i-knew-before-marriage-to-henrietta-coll_2454183.jpg) > [Every work of art should give utterance, or indicate, the awful blind strength and the cruelty of the creative impulse, that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/every-work-of-art-should-give-utterance-or-indicate-the-awful-blind/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/christina-stead-2325_art_every-work-of-art-should-give-utterance_495586.png) > [“I shall never be a dangerous woman; I can make men love, but I cannot make them suffer. It would be much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-shall-never-be-a-dangerous-woman-i-can-make-men-love-but-i-cannot/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/christina-stead-2325_love_i-shall-never-be-a-dangerous-woman-i-can_1529474.png) > [“Henny was beautifully, wholeheartedly vile: she asked no quarter and gave none to the foul world, and when she told her children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/henny-was-beautifully-wholeheartedly-vile-she-asked-no-quarter-and/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/christina-stead-2325_children_henny-was-beautifully-wholeheartedly-vil_1459936.jpg) > [Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money. ... I must tell you the one secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/money-is-a-jealous-mistress-if-you-want-money-you-must-want-only/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/christina-stead-2325_ifs_money-is-a-jealous-mistress-if-you-want_2132429.png) > [“I say, frankly, Looloo, that I believed that I could remold her life and with my wife and children make a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-say-frankly-looloo-that-i-believed-that-i-could-remold-her-life-and/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/christina-stead-2325_children_i-say-frankly-looloo-that-i-believed-tha_2701944.jpg) > [“You were breaking my bones and spirit and forcing your beastly love on me: a brute, a savage, a wild Indian wouldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/you-were-breaking-my-bones-and-spirit-and-forcing-your-beastly-love/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/christina-stead-2325_children_you-were-breaking-my-bones-and-spirit-an_2752952.png) > [“She was an old-fashioned woman. She had the calm of frequentation; she belonged to this house and it to her. Though she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/she-was-an-old-fashioned-woman-she-had-the-calm-of-frequentation-she/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Marriage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/christina-stead-2325_marriage_she-was-an-old-fashioned-woman-she-had-t_637920.png) > [“Pale as a candle flame in the dusk, tallow-pale, he stalked along, holding her hand, and Louie looked up and beyond him…](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/) [Beautiful writing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-writing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/christina-stead-2325_beautiful-writing_pale-as-a-candle-flame-in-the-dusk-tallo_3212955.jpg) > [I do not want to go to heaven; I want my children, forever children, and other children, stalwart adults, and a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-do-not-want-to-go-to-heaven-i-want-my-children-forever-children-and/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/christina-stead-2325_adults_i-do-not-want-to-go-to-heaven-i-want-my_955825.png) ## Christina Stead by topic [Life (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/christina-stead/) [Money (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/christina-stead/) [Children (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/christina-stead/) [Love (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/christina-stead/) [Men (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/christina-stead/) [Art (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/christina-stead/) [Parenting (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/christina-stead/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": 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