"Indeed, so deep is my pleasure in the……" — Hal Porter
"Indeed, so deep is my pleasure in the work of the garden that, if there be a dimension after death in which grieving for the loss of the world of senses is possible, I shall grieve for no person however once agonisingly desired and passionately beloved, for no emotional adventure however uplifting, for no success however warming, no infamy however exhilarating, for nothing half so much as I shall grieve to the loss of the earth itself, the soil, the seeds, the plants, the very weeds... It is a love almost overriding my love the words that could express that love."
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11 Quotes by Hal Porter
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I cannot consider fighting in competitive Manly Fun any more than I can consider pitting my running, swimming or climbing…
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While still sixteen I am put in charge of a class of forty children who are two, three or four…
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The heat is searing and superb. The paddocks surrounding the town are bleached blond. The distant ring-barked gums, mile after…
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Now, I can smile at the stock quality of these friends, these uniforms. these looking-glasses, these sharers. Each is a…
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Next, suddenly, lightning suddenly, while I am still a child, a branch is lopped from my being, and a portion…
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The Australian form of self-respect, however rough-and-ready, heart-of-gold, come-and-take-pot-luck-with-us, and matily extrovert it is, essentially, genteel, ingrowing, self-pitying, vanilla-ice-cream hearted,…
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This silent cry is of ecstasy for what has been done, and of despair at being forestalled, and being thus…
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The unwritten rules of behaviour are infinite in number, finely shaded, and subtle to the last fraction of a degree.…
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I immediately cotton on to the fact that intelligence thus lightly used, and one-upmanshipishly displayed, is a birthmark giving me…
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How ruthless and vile and hard and right the young are.
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