"We are primitive men; we taboo what we……" — Christina Stead
"We are primitive men; we taboo what we desire and need. How did the denying of love come to be associated with the idea of morality."
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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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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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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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