You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing.
He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility … - Thomas Keneally
He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility …
- Thomas Keneally
Fatal human malice is the staple of narrators, original sin the mother-fluid of historians. But it is a risky enterprise to have to write of virtue. - Thomas Keneally
Fatal human malice is the staple of narrators, original sin the mother-fluid of historians. But it is a risky enterprise to have to write of virtue.
So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all… - Thomas Keneally
So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all…
The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender. - Thomas Keneally
The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.
Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't. - Thomas Keneally
Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't.
Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. - Thomas Keneally
Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.
The list is an absolute good. The list is life. All round its cramped margins lies the gulf. - Thomas Keneally
The list is an absolute good. The list is life. All round its cramped margins lies the gulf.
I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become th… - Thomas Keneally
I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become th…
It's only when you abandon your ambitions that they become possible. - Thomas Keneally
It's only when you abandon your ambitions that they become possible.
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