Quotes by : Patrick White

His legend will be written down, eventually, by those who are troubled by it.

And the cavern of fire was enormous, labyrinthine, that received the man. He branched and flamed, glowed....

I would like to believe in the myth that we grow wiser with age. In a sense my disbelief is wisdom. Those....

I am compelled into this country.

Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility carried out in a grand Scottish hotel amongst....

In general,' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language.

Mrs. Trotter made a sincere though wrong sound, while opening her handbag to look for help.

If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.

Voss could always, if necessary, fail to understand. But wounds will wince, especially in the salt air.....

As it is I'm a dated novelist, whom hardly anybody reads, or if they do, most of them don't understand....