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title: "2 Kate De Goldi Quotes - Famous Writer"
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# Kate De Goldi

(1959)   Writer

 **2** quotes in **2** categories

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Kate De Goldi is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Kate De Goldi

Born August 18, 1959

Profession Writer

## About Kate De Goldi

New Zealand writer... \| Kathleen Domenica De Goldi is a New Zealand novelist, children's writer and short story writer. Her early work was published under the pseudonym Kate Flannery. In 2025, she was appointed as the New Zealand Reading Ambassador.

##  Quotes by Kate De Goldi

> [“I wanted to write about the complexity and hilarity in the everyday business of being human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-de-goldi/i-wanted-to-write-about-the-complexity-and-hilarity-in-the-everyday/)

[Kate De Goldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-de-goldi/)

[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [“He was a funny guy, and a smart one- and the smartest thing about him, in Frankie's view, was that he never,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-de-goldi/he-was-a-funny-guy-and-a-smart-one-and-the-smartest-thing-about-him/)

[Kate De Goldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-de-goldi/)

[Funny guy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny-guy/)

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