--- title: "Best Christina Stead Words" description: "Christina Stead was an Australian novelist and short‑story writer known for satirical wit and deep psychological characterisation." 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 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 · Page 5 > [“I love you, I love men and women, I love little children and all innocent things, I love, I feel I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-love-you-i-love-men-and-women-i-love-little-children-and-all/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/christina-stead-2325_children_i-love-you-i-love-men-and-women-i-love-l_1032005.png) > [“Hair under the arms, for example, he said, should never be removed, for nature had put it there, and evidently it had…](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/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/christina-stead-2325_children_hair-under-the-arms-for-example-he-said_37156.png) > [The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggle… Most of my friends deplore this:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/the-sensuality-delicacy-of-literature-does-not-exist-for-me-only-the/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/christina-stead-2325_books_the-sensuality-delicacy-of-literature-do_1393769.png) > [A woman can't be, until a girl dies. . . . I mean the sprites that girls are, so different from us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/a-woman-can-t-be-until-a-girl-dies-i-mean-the-sprites-that-girls-are/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Dies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/christina-stead-2325_dies_a-woman-can-t-be-until-a-girl-dies-i-mea_3048122.png) > [“He was incapable of nursing an injustice which would cost him good living to repay, an evil thought which it would undo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/he-was-incapable-of-nursing-an-injustice-which-would-cost-him-good/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Incapable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/incapable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/christina-stead-2325_incapable_he-was-incapable-of-nursing-an-injustice_1818458.png) > [“What luck have I? I don’t suppose you’ll be anything but a cheap little accountant yourself—you haven’t any chance to make money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/what-luck-have-i-i-don-t-suppose-you-ll-be-anything-but-a-cheap/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/christina-stead-2325_chance_what-luck-have-i-i-don-t-suppose-you-ll_946977.png) > [“Your old man sent me anonymous letters himself to make me divorce him.” She rippled with he-hes. “I hung on to spite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/your-old-man-sent-me-anonymous-letters-himself-to-make-me-divorce-him/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Anonymous letters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anonymous-letters-9110/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/christina-stead-2325_anonymous-letters_your-old-man-sent-me-anonymous-letters-h_1265810.jpg) > [There are so may ways to kills yourself, they're just old-fashioned with their permanganate: do you think I'd take permanganate? I wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/there-are-so-may-ways-to-kills-yourself-they-re-just-old-fashioned/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/christina-stead-2325_art_there-are-so-may-ways-to-kills-yourself_1119569.png) > [money that is in billions and monopolies isn't money at all, because the people have none, and money is democratic, everyone has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/money-that-is-in-billions-and-monopolies-isn-t-money-at-all-because/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Billions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/christina-stead-2325_billions_money-that-is-in-billions-and-monopolies_3030239.png) > [The Chinese are a knowing people; and I daresay that is why they once made a religious odor about old age; to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/the-chinese-are-a-knowing-people-and-i-daresay-that-is-why-they-once/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/christina-stead-2325_age_the-chinese-are-a-knowing-people-and-i-d_825761.jpg) > [“I will never let the vestal fire go out in my innermost recesses’: people feel that vestal fire and they feel that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-will-never-let-the-vestal-fire-go-out-in-my-innermost-recesses/) [Christina Stead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/) [Vestal Feel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/vestal-feel-5725373/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/christina-stead-2325_vestal-feel_i-will-never-let-the-vestal-fire-go-out_730897.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": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-stead/#itemlist", "name": "Christina Stead Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I love you, I love men and women, I love little children and all innocent things, I love, I feel I am love itself—how could I pick out a woman who would hate me so much!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christina Stead" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-stead/i-love-you-i-love-men-and-women-i-love-little-children-and-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/christina-stead-2325_children_i-love-you-i-love-men-and-women-i-love-l_1032005.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/christina-stead-2325_children_i-love-you-i-love-men-and-women-i-love-l_1032005.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/christina-stead-2325_children_i-love-you-i-love-men-and-women-i-love-l_1032005.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love you, I love men and women, I love little children and all innocent things, I love, I feel I am love…” — Christina Stead", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hair under the arms, for example, he said, should never be removed, for nature had put it there, and evidently it had some use. 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