When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot it substitutes indulgence for fair play; when cold it is cruel, but friendship is warmth in cold, firm ground in a bog.
Miles FranklinIn the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and has to enter the business of life in competition with adults.
Miles FranklinAh, the bitter, hopeless heart-hunger of godlessness none but an atheist can understand!
Miles FranklinOnly a very small percentage can regard conditions from any but a selfish point of view or conceive of any but their own shoe-pinch.
Miles Franklin