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Colleen McCullough Quotes

It’s a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice Picture Quote #1

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they’re easier to get in my mouth Picture Quote #1

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage Picture Quote #1

The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it Picture Quote #1

... she looked like the sort of woman most men would want to get to know because they weren’t sure what went on inside Picture Quote #1

When we press the thorn to our chest we know, we understand, and still we do it Picture Quote #1

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... the most insoluble problems are those which by their very nature can have no space within them for dreams Picture Quote #1

If you love people, they kill you. If you need people, they kill you. They do I tell you! Picture Quote #1

.. the best is only bought at the cost of great pain... or so says the legend Picture Quote #1

And gradually his memory slipped a little, as memories do, even those with so much love attached to them; as if there is an unconscious healing process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget Picture Quote #1

Twelve thousand miles of it, to the other side of the world. And whether they came home again or not, they would belong neither here, nor there, for they would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures Picture Quote #1

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It’s a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice (Colleen McCullough Quotes) My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they’re easier to get in my mouth (Colleen McCullough Quotes) There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage (Colleen McCullough Quotes) The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it (Colleen McCullough Quotes) ... she looked like the sort of woman most men would want to get to know because they weren’t sure what went on inside (Colleen McCullough Quotes) When we press the thorn to our chest we know, we understand, and still we do it (Colleen McCullough Quotes) ... the most insoluble problems are those which by their very nature can have no space within them for dreams (Colleen McCullough Quotes) If you love people, they kill you. If you need people, they kill you. They do I tell you! (Colleen McCullough Quotes) .. the best is only bought at the cost of great pain... or so says the legend (Colleen McCullough Quotes) And gradually his memory slipped a little, as memories do, even those with so much love attached to them; as if there is an unconscious healing process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget (Colleen McCullough Quotes) Twelve thousand miles of it, to the other side of the world. And whether they came home again or not, they would belong neither here, nor there, for they would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life (Colleen McCullough Quotes) 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 (Colleen McCullough Quotes) I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures (Colleen McCullough Quotes) In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination (Colleen McCullough Quotes) 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 (Colleen McCullough Quotes)

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