All Geraldine Brooks Quotes
- Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food on the table,… Absent
- Sydney in the 1960s wasn't the exuberant multicultural metropolis it is today. Out in the city's western reaches, days passed in a sun-struck stupor. In… Air
- When I write a word in English, a simple one, such as, say, 'chief,' I have unwittingly ushered a querulous horde into the room. The… Andy
- When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't suppose.… Ethically
- While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by… Always Think
- 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second,… Afternoon
- A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand. Artifact
- You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not… Behind
- God warns us not to love any earthly thing above Himself, and yet He sets in a mother's heart such a fierce passion for her… Any
- ...The hagaddah came to Sarajevo for a reason. It was here to test us, to see if there were people who could see that what… Came
- To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind. Attitude
- I took the T from Logan airport to Harvard Square. I hate driving in Boston. It's the traffic that drives me spare, and the absolutely… Absolutely
- Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves. Book
- If there is one class of person I have never quite trusted, it is a man who knows no doubt. Class
- Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence. Acquired
- And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share. Generally Happens
- If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude. Acquired
- Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid of rationality and… Brave
- She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them. Butterfly
- I borrowed his brightness and used it to see my way, and then gradually, from the habit of looking at the world as he illuminated… Borrowed
- We were too intelligent, too cynical for war. Of course, you don't have to be stupid and primitive to die a stupid, primitive death. Course
- I write while my son is at school. At about 7:45 A.M., I walk him there, with the dogs, then walk them for another forty… Another Forty
- If you look at an illuminated manuscript, even today, it just blows your mind. For them, without all the clutter and inputs that we have,… All
- One thing I believe completely is that the human heart remains the human heart, no matter how our material circumstances change as we move together… Believe
- The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to call… Almost See