Patrick White
Patrick White
Patrick Victor Martindale Whitewas an Australian writer who is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century. From 1935 to his death, he published 12 novels, three short-story collections and eight plays...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 May 1912
CountryAustralia
jealous past bed
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.
sleep men rocks
She would have liked to sit upon a rock and listen to words, not of any man, but detached, mysterious, poetic words that she alone would interpret through some sense inherited from sleep.
honesty littles irony
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.
imagination truth-is ifs
If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.
stars appearance spoil
To understand the stars would spoil their appearance.
choices alternatives life-is
Life is full of alternatives but no choice.
castle centre farther left moved reaching submerged suburbs
In 1964, submerged by the suburbs reaching farther into the country, we left Castle Hill, and moved into the centre of the city.