63 Quotes by Patrick White

Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.

Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays.

In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.

My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.

I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt.

Here I hope to continue living, and while I still have the strength, to people the Australian emptiness in the only way I am able.

We hoped that we could come out and get the first and the energy would pick us up, but they kept getting the bounces.

Wabash is one of America's greatest liberal arts colleges, rich in tradition and even richer in promise and possibilities. To be chosen to lead Wabash to new heights of achievement as its next president is a great honor.

We believe the land speaks to anyone who goes there and sees the site. It is very moving.