"I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as……" — Bryce Courtenay
"I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor."
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43 Quotes by Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay has 43 quotes on this site.
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It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives,…
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Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged…
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People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.
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Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that…
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Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the…
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It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if…
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sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency
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First with the head, then with the heart.
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