My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.

As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society in the land of our adoption.

Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.

I look back to a happy childhood.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.

There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.

Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me.

Natural isn't the same as right. Normal isn't the same as moral. Everyone deserves a say in what happens to the world.

Better to leave with good memories than have the last ones be the embarrassing, smoking ruin of what once had been a fantastic friendship.

Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.

He who reflects too much will achieve little.

When my body is covered and disappears, it's not about the relationship between me and the wall, but the relationship between me as an individual and those slogans which are used to fool the public.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

I don't think I had a specific moment when I thought, "I'm not going to play music anymore." I just played less and got involved in other things.

A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom.

I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I've been knocking from the inside.

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.