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Patrick White

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.

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These are some quotes by Australian author Patrick White Author, who lived between May 28, 1912 and September 30, 1990.

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As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains.

As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains.

Patrick White

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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.

When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.

Patrick White

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I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.

I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.

Patrick White

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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

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