“Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose upon the world.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom
“He had entered the rough world of men, where a man's acts follow him wherever he goes in the form of story.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom
“She had given him up. That was the hard condition of his being and of all commerce between them.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom
“The bronze-haired avenger of his father's death, already filled with the fierce light of the future, is at sea and sailing fast for Troy.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom
“However the story is told and elaborated, the raw shame of it will be with him now til his last breath.”
― David Malouf, quote from Ransom
David Malouf
Born place: in Brisbane, Australia
Born date March 20, 1934
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“I had lived in fear of the fabled terrifying visions that assail chronic drinkers, but which had not yet attacked me.”
― Craig Ferguson, quote from American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
“His bare, fit butt matched the rest of him in exquisite, reflected detail. I blushed, turning my eyes away to focus instead on the shadows outside. I was embarrassed to have peeked, but I knew the image would be ingrained into my mind forever. Another secret.”
― C.L. Stone, quote from Friends vs. Family
“Love makes life worth living, not money”
― Giovanna Fletcher, quote from Billy and Me
“Who shall I give my gratitude?”
― Tali Carmi, quote from Terry Treetop and the Lost Egg
“I have learned not to judge people by their limitations, but by the way they push past them.”
― Cammie McGovern, quote from Say What You Will
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