Grandpa ... was ever ready to cheer and help me, ever sure that I was a remarkable specimen. He was a dear old man who asked little from life and got less.
It ain't what things actually are, it's all they stand for. - Miles Franklin
It ain't what things actually are, it's all they stand for.
- Miles Franklin
To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture. - Miles Franklin
To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture.
There are only two kinds of parents. Those who think their offspring can do nothing wrong, and those who think they can do nothing right. - Miles Franklin
There are only two kinds of parents. Those who think their offspring can do nothing wrong, and those who think they can do nothing right.
Women can always think as much as they like, an' they could get up on a platform an' talk till they bust, as long as they didn't want the world to be… - Miles Franklin
Women can always think as much as they like, an' they could get up on a platform an' talk till they bust, as long as they didn't want the world to be…
My mother is a good woman - a very good woman - and I am, I think, not quite all criminality, but we do not pull together. I am a piece of machinery … - Miles Franklin
My mother is a good woman - a very good woman - and I am, I think, not quite all criminality, but we do not pull together. I am a piece of machinery …
Our greatest heart-treasure is a knowledge that there is in creation an individual to whom our existence is necessary - some one who is part of our l… - Miles Franklin
Our greatest heart-treasure is a knowledge that there is in creation an individual to whom our existence is necessary - some one who is part of our l…
Girls! Girls! Those of you who have hearts, and therefore a wish for happiness, homes and husbands by and by, never develop a reputation for being cl… - Miles Franklin
Girls! Girls! Those of you who have hearts, and therefore a wish for happiness, homes and husbands by and by, never develop a reputation for being cl…
Heed the spark or you may dread the fire. - Miles Franklin
Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.
It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people. - Miles Franklin
It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.
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