You feel free in Australia. There is great relief in the atmosphere - a relief from tension, from pressure, an absence of control of will or form. The Skies open above you and the areas open around you.

Be sure your sins will find you out, especially if you're married and her name's Bertha

No absolute is going to make the lion lie down with the lamb: unless the lamb is inside.

The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination.

If you believe in your own sex, and won't have it done dirt to: they'll down you. It's the one insane taboo left: sex as a naturaland vital thing.

The difference between people isn't in their class, but in themselves. Only from the middle classes one gets ideas, and from the common people--life itself, warmth. You feel their hates and loves.

In every great novel, who is the hero all the time? Not any of the characters, but some unnamed and nameless flame behind them all.