Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Ethel Turner, Australian Author

I do want fame - plenty of it. Today I feel I want it almost more than anything, nothing else can quite satisfy me. If a Fairy came along and offered me Love or Fame, of course I should choose Love. No, I don't see why I shouldn't have both.
From Ethel Turner's diary (1893)

Not one of the seven is really good, for the very excellent reason that Australian children never are.
Seven Little Australians

...an aching to go and live where life is lived, not just passed through...

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