The human being must always be central, not the products and objects of his skill and energy.

Any ceremony performed in the absence of reasonable knowledge as to cause and effect is magic.

There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong

And what has been so awful in your life that you have to write about it?” Mrs Lincoln, a definite gall bladder, persevered.

You can see when someone's been hurt the way I was. It's obvious. Something changes in their eyes; pain becomes their center, even when they try to hide it.

Kiss me now, love me now.

Whenever we have seen a crevice in the crust of convention, we have called attention to it, because we have hoped for a force underneath, which will someday come to light.

Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

The living are just the dead on holiday

Life only avails, not the having lived.

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.