“It was like naming a baby: the title fitted for a while, then didn't, the creation outgrowing her meager definition.” ArtCreationPaintingMeaningNaming Book:The Other Side of the World Source: The Other Side of the World
“Australia is a land that offers a vision of the world as it was at creation, a country of new beginnings. It is where one comes when one needs to feel close to the original ferment of the earth. That is the story, is it not? Great men have become part of this place in one way or another and Henry has made it his business to know of these things... It is not a bad place. But it is not quite what Henry thought it would be. It is not the free place he was promised.” FreedomCreationGreatnessPromiseAustraliaBeginnings Book:The Other Side of the World Source: The Other Side of the World