Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining.
Christina SteadIf all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.
Christina Steadit's immoral to work to make money. There's something unlucky in it. You got to work for the work. You got to work on a farm, for the farm - then it makes money.
Christina SteadMoney is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money. ... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a jealous mistress, everything is terribly possessive, and, by God, we want to be terribly possessed if we want to get somewhere - and we want to be terribly possessed - anyhow; or what is life?
Christina Stead