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“Coitus is random, children are definite.”

Quote by Thomas Keneally

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Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally, born on October 7, 1935, is an acclaimed Australian novelist known for his historical fiction. His works, such as 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' and 'Schindler's Ark', have gained international recognition. more

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“You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing.”

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“In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back.”

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“And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know.”

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“And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s.”

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“And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.”

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“But I was also a brat. I used to belong to a gang that went looking for fights with other gangs.”

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“Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south.”

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