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“If I was whisked away... I think I could put up with anything, except not seeing the Australian landscape. It would be a torture to have it cut off.”

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Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd, born on July 24, 1920, was an influential Australian artist known for his distinctive style and profound depiction of Australian rural life. His artistic career spanned half a century, and his paintings and sculptures have been exhibited worldwide, profoundly impacting Australian art. more

“I do not want to go to heaven; I want my children, forever children, and other children, stalwart adults, and a good happy wife, that is all I ask, but not paradise; earth is good enough for me: it is because I believe earth is heaven, Naden, that I can overcome all my troubles and face down my enemies.”

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Author:Christina Stead

“There are so may ways to kills yourself, they're just old-fashioned with their permanganate: do you think I'd take permanganate? I wouldn't want to burn my insides out and live to tell the tale as well: idiots! It's simple, I'd drown myself... Why be in misery at the last?”

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Author:Christina Stead

“The City is a machine miraculously organised for extracting gold from the seas, airs, clouds, from barren lands, holds of ships, mines, plantations, cottage hearth-stones, trees and rocks; and he, wretchedly waiting in the exterior halls, could not even get his finger on one tiny, tiny lever.”

Source: Christina Stead, Selected Fiction and Nonfiction

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