"Because he had nothing to hide, he did……" — Patrick White
"Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty."
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20 Quotes by Patrick White
Patrick White has 20 quotes on this site.
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To understand the stars would spoil their appearance.
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She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious,…
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I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women…
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If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.
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She had begun to read in the beginning as a protection from the frightening and unpleasant things. She continued because,…
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If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect
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Life is full of alternatives but no choice.
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I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by…
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief,…
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Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about…
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very…
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The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.
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Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty…
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words…
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To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.
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Freud's view is that all love is sexual in its origin or its basis. Even those loves which do not…
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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and…
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