The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it.
Colleen McCulloughPerfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
Colleen McCulloughWhat was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance?
Colleen McCulloughIn The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else Ive ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination.
Colleen McCulloughI think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read with one hand.
Colleen McCullough