Top 20 Quotes by Catherine Helen Spence

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

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

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.

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

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

I look back to a happy childhood.

My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire.

My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.

I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.

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.