It ain't what things actually are, it's all they stand for.

- 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.

- 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 …

- Miles Franklin

Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.

- 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…

- 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…

- Miles Franklin

To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture.

- 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…

- Miles Franklin

It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

- Miles Franklin