111 Quotes by Colleen McCullough

Old age is an ordeal, of flesh and mind. Of winding down, of slowing down, of dying cells. It’s accepting the loss of physical attractiveness and replacing it with the power and wisdom that can only come with old age.

It’s no fun to be a bluestocking in a family of jockstraps.

But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it.

There was some justice in his pain.

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they’re easier to get in my mouth.

My books and other works are my legacy, and it’s a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.

Oh, that feels good! I don’t know who invented ties and then insisted a man was only properly dressed when he wore one, but if I ever meet him, I’ll strangle him with his own invention.

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it’s the kind you read with one hand.

Love and hate are cruel, only liking is kind.