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