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title: "Best Christina Stead Quotes"
description: "Christina Stead was an Australian novelist and short‑story writer known for satirical wit and deep psychological characterisation."
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# Christina Stead

(1902–1983)   Writer   Australia

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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 · Page 2

> [“Good digestion is for the bovine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/good-digestion-is-for-the-bovine/)

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[Bovine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bovine/)

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> [Old age is perhaps life's decision about us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/old-age-is-perhaps-life-s-decision-about-us/)

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[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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> [It's fine to be a great democrat when you've a slave to rub your boots on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-s-fine-to-be-a-great-democrat-when-you-ve-a-slave-to-rub-your/)

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[Boots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boots/)

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> [“it was only much later that I found out hardness worked better than love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-was-only-much-later-that-i-found-out-hardness-worked-better-than/)

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[Hardness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hardness/)

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> [“Nothing hurts me if I don’t want it to,” she told him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/nothing-hurts-me-if-i-don-t-want-it-to-she-told-him/)

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[Hurts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hurts/)

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> [Women have been brought up much like slaves, that is, to lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/women-have-been-brought-up-much-like-slaves-that-is-to-lie/)

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

[Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/)

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> [“Tolstoy said that “each unhappy family is unhappy in a way of its own—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/tolstoy-said-that-each-unhappy-family-is-unhappy-in-a-way-of-its-own/)

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

[Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/)

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> [“and the three women, after crying, felt united in a love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/and-the-three-women-after-crying-felt-united-in-a-love/)

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

[Crying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crying/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/christina-stead-2325_crying_and-the-three-women-after-crying-felt-un_2075639.png)

> [A tory youth is a youth speculating on his future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-tory-youth-is-a-youth-speculating-on-his-future/)

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

[Conservatism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservatism/)

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> [Ye want to tell the plain truth all your life, woman, and speak straight; otherwise ye get to seeing double.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/ye-want-to-tell-the-plain-truth-all-your-life-woman-and-speak/)

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

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“It is women who must clean up the mess men make, the mess everything makes:”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-is-women-who-must-clean-up-the-mess-men-make-the-mess-everything/)

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

[Women Clean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women-clean-409391/)

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> [“you do not know what she did not only to me but to the little children. She has tortured them, turned them…](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/)

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“the world would not let him rave, this was the great injustice he suffered from: he stalked up and down being angry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/the-world-would-not-let-him-rave-this-was-the-great-injustice-he/)

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

[Justice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/justice/)

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> [“when he was away she could stand him, and the farther he was away the more she could stand him!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/when-he-was-away-she-could-stand-him-and-the-farther-he-was-away-the/)

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

[Away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away/)

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> [“God, what we women have to put up with; and I’m not even allowed to complain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/god-what-we-women-have-to-put-up-with-and-i-m-not-even-allowed-to/)

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

[Allowed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allowed/)

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> [If equity and human natural reason were allowed there would be no law, there would be no lawyers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/if-equity-and-human-natural-reason-were-allowed-there-would-be-no-law/)

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[Equity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equity/)

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> [“The man with a peaceful nest to fly home to, has everything; there is no effort he will not make for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/the-man-with-a-peaceful-nest-to-fly-home-to-has-everything-there-is/)

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

[Nest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nest/)

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> [“Of course, the morning, every morning, was full of such incidents. That was family life. They were all able to get through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/of-course-the-morning-every-morning-was-full-of-such-incidents-that/)

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[Every morning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-morning/)

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> [Socialist writers are made of sterner stuff than those who only let their characters steeplechase through trouble in order to comeout first…](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/)

[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [It was easy to see how upsetting it would be if women began to love freely where love came to them. An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-was-easy-to-see-how-upsetting-it-would-be-if-women-began-to-love/)

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[Abyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abyss/)

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> [“Men call it the tyranny of tears, it is an iron tyranny—no man could be so cruel, so devilish, as a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/men-call-it-the-tyranny-of-tears-it-is-an-iron-tyranny-no-man-could/)

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

[Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/)

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> [“She knows that soon she will have escaped into the world of the people better than us, the great objective world better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/she-knows-that-soon-she-will-have-escaped-into-the-world-of-the/)

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[People Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-better/)

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> [“Instead, she looked vaguely about, sniffing that familiar smell of fresh dirtiness which belongs to mankind’s extreme youth, a pleasant smell to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/instead-she-looked-vaguely-about-sniffing-that-familiar-smell-of/)

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[Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/)

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> [“You see when a man knows he will be old, he is afraid: when he becomes old, he cares for nothing—love does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/you-see-when-a-man-knows-he-will-be-old-he-is-afraid-when-he-becomes/)

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[Afraid Old](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid-old-364222/)

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> [it's immoral to work to make money. There's something unlucky in it. You got to work for the work. You got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/it-s-immoral-to-work-to-make-money-there-s-something-unlucky-in-it/)

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[Farms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/farms/)

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> [“You fall madly in love with one man and nearly break your heart because he throws you over and years later you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/you-fall-madly-in-love-with-one-man-and-nearly-break-your-heart/)

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[Break heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break-heart/)

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> [A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor miserable brat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-mother-what-are-we-worth-really-they-all-grow-up-whether-you-look-2/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/gentlemen-are-overestimated-that-is-my-experience/)

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

[Experience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience/)

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> [A lie is real; it aims at success. A liar is a realist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-lie-is-real-it-aims-at-success-a-liar-is-a-realist/)

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

[Aim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aim/)

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> [Radicalism is the opium of the middle class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/radicalism-is-the-opium-of-the-middle-class/)

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

[Class](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/)

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> [A speculator is a man who, if he dies at the right time, has arich widow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-speculator-is-a-man-who-if-he-dies-at-the-right-time-has-arich-widow/)

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

[Customer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/customer/)

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> [Money goes where money is, money yearns where money is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/money-goes-where-money-is-money-yearns-where-money-is/)

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

[Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/)

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> [“For all education is outside, not inside, the schoolroom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/for-all-education-is-outside-not-inside-the-schoolroom/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-self-made-man-is-one-who-believes-in-luck-and-sends-his-son-to/)

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

[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [Los Angeles is a Yukon for crime-story writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/los-angeles-is-a-yukon-for-crime-story-writers/)

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

[Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/)

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> [“Wait till you’ve washed and scrubbed for a man for ten or twelve years.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/wait-till-you-ve-washed-and-scrubbed-for-a-man-for-ten-or-twelve-years/)

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

[Wait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wait/)

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> [“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/)

[Destroys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destroys/)

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> [Old age and youth cannot live together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/old-age-and-youth-cannot-live-together/)

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

[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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> [Men never believe a woman can do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/men-never-believe-a-woman-can-do-anything/)

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

[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [“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/)

[Humans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humans/)

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## Christina Stead by topic

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