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David Malouf quotes: Always to be pushing out like this, beyond what I know cannot be the limits - what else should a man's life be?

Always to be pushing out like this, beyond what I know cannot be the limits - what else should a man's life be?

David Malouf quotes: What does it mean to be ,' he thought, 'except to be known?

What does it mean to be ,' he thought, 'except to be known?

David Malouf quotes: Words his soul danced to.

Words his soul danced to.

David Malouf quotes: All the things we achieve are things we have first of all imagined.

All the things we achieve are things we have first of all imagined.

David Malouf quotes: I am immeasurably, unbearably happy. I am three years old. I am sixty. I am six. I am there.

I am immeasurably, unbearably happy. I am three years old. I am sixty. I am six. I am there.

David Malouf quotes: History is forever unfinished, forever in process; endless because our needs are endless.

History is forever unfinished, forever in process; endless because our needs are endless.

David Malouf quotes: There is more to darkness than nightfall.

There is more to darkness than nightfall.

David Malouf quotes: I write not to record what I think but to discover what I think

I write not to record what I think but to discover what I think

David Malouf quotes: Silence is a form of communication. Speech divides us.

Silence is a form of communication. Speech divides us.

David Malouf quotes: So many things were new. Everything changed. The past would not hold and could not be held.

So many things were new. Everything changed. The past would not hold and could not be held.

David Malouf quotes: With all those prizes the most interesting thing is getting on to the shortlist, because that tells you who people see as your peers.

With all those prizes the most interesting thing is getting on to the shortlist, because that tells you who people see as your peers.

David Malouf quotes: A life wasn't for anything. It simply was.

A life wasn't for anything. It simply was.

David Malouf quotes: So these things happen, deep in our lives. We do not speak of them. We hide them even from ourselves, but they do not leave us.

So these things happen, deep in our lives. We do not speak of them. We hide them even from ourselves, but they do not leave us.

David Malouf quotes: Still the fact remains, he had me hooked. As he had, of course, from the beginning. I had been writing my book about Johnno from the moment we met.

Still the fact remains, he had me hooked. As he had, of course, from the beginning. I had been writing my book about Johnno from the moment we met.

David Malouf quotes: I might grow old in Brisbane, but I would never grow up.

I might grow old in Brisbane, but I would never grow up.

David Malouf quotes: Or does not knowing make him free?

Or does not knowing make him free?

David Malouf quotes: Enemies, like friends, told you who you were.

Enemies, like friends, told you who you were.

David Malouf quotes: I have heard no word of my own language; I am rendered dumb.

I have heard no word of my own language; I am rendered dumb.

David Malouf quotes: Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose upon the world.

Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose upon the world.

David Malouf quotes: That is what life meant, a unique presence, and it was essential in every creature.

That is what life meant, a unique presence, and it was essential in every creature.

David Malouf quotes: I now have of a life that stretches beyond the limits of measurable time.

I now have of a life that stretches beyond the limits of measurable time.

David Malouf quotes: We are free at last to believe in ourselves.

We are free at last to believe in ourselves.

David Malouf quotes: What else is death but the refusal any longer to grow and suffer change?

What else is death but the refusal any longer to grow and suffer change?