“If I were king of the world there wouldn't be boat people, there would only be people coming in boats. I would mix us all up so that we were all exactly one shade of each other.” PeopleIfsWorldKingsBoatShade Author:Bryce Courtenay
“I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.” PeopleEndsBornMemoriesPoorGreat DepressionTagOrphanage Author:Bryce Courtenay
“I watch people get older and lose their intellectual acuity; you lose that sharpness, that cleanness, that brain that you worked so hard on and that you were gifted with and lose the gifts that were given.” PeopleHardGivenLosesBrainWatchesIntellectualGiftedSharpness Author:Bryce Courtenay
“Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a savage, but there is also happening tenderness and compassion.” PeopleMenNeedsCareCompassionBrotherHappeningsTake CareTendernessSavages Book:The Power of One Source: The Power of One
“I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real me, where my tears joined the tears of all the sad people to form the three waterfalls in the night country.” PeoplePersonsRealCountryFormNightThreeTearsShellsWaterfallsProvokedReal Me Book:The Power of One Source: The Power of One
“Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people.” PeopleHas BeensTwoWonderCrossesFunctionCeaseTalesImmortalDaringListenersStorytellerWonder Love Author:Bryce Courtenay
“People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.” PeopleWritingBookChristmasChristmas Present Author:Bryce Courtenay
