Quotes about Australian literature

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If a bloke gave you a hundred quid for a book you can bet your life it’s his way, but if all the poor and suffering peop — Alan Marshall
love, real love, comes with three conditions - respect, kindness and trust. It isn't, and should never be, unconditional — Megan Jacobson, The Build-up Season
If he had given away anything else, he would have been charged with indecent exposure. — Edmund Campion, Great Australian Catholics
We would learn as much as we could, be as honourable as we could, be as courageous as we could, and be as happy as we co — S.L. Mills, GOM's Gold
Do not define me by my gender or my socio-economic status, Noah Willis. Do not tell me who I am and do not tell me who s — Megan Jacobson, Yellow
I don't believe there is a God", I said fiercely, "and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
There is any amount of love and good in the world, but you must search for it. Being misunderstood is one of the trials — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
I'm sure it's not any wish of mine that I'm born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again, and had — Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career
I'm still shy," I admit, pulling the sleeves over my hands, "and I might always be, I don't know, but I think you can be — Megan Jacobson, Yellow
Sometimes books feel like the only thing that keep her sane. Actually, she knows that they're the only reason she's stil — Steph Bowe, All This Could End
the most important things can't be lassoed with language. The most important things can only be felt. — Megan Jacobson, The Build-up Season
In general,' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language. — Patrick White, Voss
If you want to see your life, you have to see through the eyes of another. — Mark Henshaw, The Snow Kimono
The burning off and the gathering together are one. — Billy Marshall-Stoneking, Singing The Snake: Poems From The Western Desert, 1979 1988
Everybody's good when they're good, darling. You don't judge a person by that. It's how they act when things aren't good — Megan Jacobson, The Build-up Season
The green sea swept into the shallows and seethed there like slaking quicklime. It surged over the rocks, tossing up spa — Colin Thiele
My wife is a lovely leathery green, the blue-tongued lizard said;Her eyes are as red as bulldog ants, lurking in holes i — Douglas Stewart