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Helen Garner Quotes

“Maybe that's what beauty is: loving being looked at. The beautiful are greedy.”

Beauty Australian Literature Helen Garner

Book:Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

Source: Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

“We've been trained in your tradition,' said Natalie. 'We're honorary men.”

Feminism Australian Literature Helen Garner

Book:Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

Source: Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

“... this is love. Everything is spoken, nothing is said.”

Love Australian Literature Helen Garner

Book:Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

Source: Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

“I want to be the one doing the looking. I have developed a whole social demeanour with the aim of deflecting attention from my appearance, I actively dislike being looked at.”

Australian Literature Helen Garner

Book:Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

Source: Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

“... have you ever watched someone you know front their own reflection in a mirror? ... You see a stiffening, a closing, a dimming; you see them pull on their own idea of themselves, the caricature that will soften and melt away the minute they think of something other than the enemy before them.”

Australian Literature Helen Garner

Book:Stories: The Collected Short Fiction

Source: Stories: The Collected Short Fiction