It is only now and then, in a jungle, or amidst the towering white menace of a burnt or burning Australian forest, that Nature strips the moral veils from vegetation and we apprehend its stark ferocity.

No place is safe - no place is at peace. There is no place where a women and her daughter can hide and be at peace. The war comes through the air, bombs drop in the night. Quiet people go out in the morning, and see air-fleets passing overhead - dripping death - dripping death!

It is not much good thinking of a thing unless you think it out.

Room to swing a cat, it seemed was absolutely essential. It was an infrequent but indispensable operation.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

If only I had thought of a Kodak! I could have flashed that glimpse of the Under-world in a second, and examined it at leisure.

If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.