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Patrick White quotes: I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm.

I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm.

Patrick White quotes: If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.

If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.

Patrick White quotes: I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

Patrick White quotes: In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.

In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.

Patrick White quotes: Poetry resists academic pretension, just as the mystery of religious faith evaporates on contact with dogma.

Poetry resists academic pretension, just as the mystery of religious faith evaporates on contact with dogma.

Patrick White quotes: His legend will be written down, eventually, by those who are troubled by it.

His legend will be written down, eventually, by those who are troubled by it.

Patrick White quotes: Mrs. Trotter made a sincere though wrong sound, while opening her handbag to look for help.

Mrs. Trotter made a sincere though wrong sound, while opening her handbag to look for help.

Patrick White quotes: 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.

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.

Patrick White quotes: Life doesn't end on the kitchen floor while there is the will to dance.

Life doesn't end on the kitchen floor while there is the will to dance.

Patrick White quotes: I am compelled into this country.

I am compelled into this country.

Patrick White quotes: The map? I will first make it.

The map? I will first make it.

Patrick White quotes: My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.

Patrick White quotes: I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.

I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.

Patrick White quotes: Such was the texture of her marble.[In a description of Laura Trevelyan.]

Such was the texture of her marble.
[In a description of Laura Trevelyan.]

Patrick White quotes: In general,' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language.

In general,' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language.

Patrick White quotes: Reason finally holds a gun at its head - and does not always miss.

Reason finally holds a gun at its head - and does not always miss.

Patrick White quotes: To understand the stars would spoil their appearance.

To understand the stars would spoil their appearance.

Patrick White quotes: Life is full of alternatives but no choice.

Life is full of alternatives but no choice.

Patrick White quotes: If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect

If I have not lost my mind I can sometimes hear it preparing to defect

Patrick White quotes: To make yourself, it is also necessary to destroy yourself.

To make yourself, it is also necessary to destroy yourself.

Patrick White quotes: Human relationships are vast as deserts: they demand all daring, she seemed to suggest.

Human relationships are vast as deserts: they demand all daring, she seemed to suggest.

Patrick White quotes: So that, in the end, there was no end.

So that, in the end, there was no end.

Patrick White quotes: The mystery of life is not salved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming.

The mystery of life is not salved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming.

Patrick White quotes: Human behavior is a series of lunges, of which, it is sometimes sensed, the direction is inevitable.

Human behavior is a series of lunges, of which, it is sometimes sensed, the direction is inevitable.

Patrick White quotes: There are moments when the eyes flow into each other. Then the souls are wrapped around each other across a distance

There are moments when the eyes flow into each other. Then the souls are wrapped around each other across a distance

Patrick White quotes: To kiss and to kill are similar words to eyes that focus with difficulty.

To kiss and to kill are similar words to eyes that focus with difficulty.

Patrick White quotes: At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions.

At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions.

Patrick White quotes: No animal suffers worse than a human being.

No animal suffers worse than a human being.

Patrick White quotes: There's nothing so inhuman as a human being.

There's nothing so inhuman as a human being.