"When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my……" — Patrick White
"When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge."
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20 Quotes by Patrick White
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Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that…
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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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