"Loneliness is a terrible blindness." — Christina Stead

"Loneliness is a terrible blindness."

— Christina Stead

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19 Quotes by Christina Stead

Christina Stead has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go…
She was able to feel active creation going on around her in the rocks and hills, where the mystery of…
We are primitive men; we taboo what we desire and need. How did the denying of love come to be…
Ye want to tell the plain truth all your life, woman, and speak straight; otherwise ye get to seeing double.
I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's…
A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor…
The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggle… Most of my friends…
Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic
A woman can't be, until a girl dies. . . . I mean the sprites that girls are, so different…
Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.
About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.
The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they…

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More Blindness Quotes

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An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. — Margaret Atwood
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger
Losing my sight had nothing to do with my focus on music. My passion for music was already there, so… — Andrea Bocelli
Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist. — Margaret Cho
You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day… — Paulo Coelho
He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect.… — Henry Ward Beecher
I am now about to make the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all… — Unknown Author
In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball. — Nelson Rodrigues
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us… — Charles Caleb Colton
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man! — Rudyard Kipling
Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness. — Jean Cocteau
One couldn't carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than… — George Eliot

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