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If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.Patrick White
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He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divine power, a frail god upon a rickety throne, afraid of opening letters, of making decisions, afraid of the instinctive knowledge in the eyes of mules, of the innocent eyes of good men, of the elastic nature of the passions, even of the devotion he had received from some men, and one woman, and dogs.Patrick White
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His legend will be written down, eventually, by those who are troubled by it.Patrick White
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But the purpose and nature are never clearly revealed. Human behaviour is a series of lunges, of which, it is sometimes sensed, the direction is inevitable.Patrick White
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Voss could always, if necessary, fail to understand. But wounds will wince, especially in the salt air. He was smiling and screwing up his eyes at the great theatre of light and water. Some pitied him. Some despised him for his funny appearance of a foreigner. None, he realized with a tremor of anger, was conscious of his strength. Mediocre, animal men never do guess at the power of rock or fire, until the last moment before those elements reduce them to - nothing. This, the palest, the most transparent of words, yet comes closest to being complete.Patrick White
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The map? I will first make it.Patrick White
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I am compelled into this country.Patrick White
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In general, ' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language.Patrick White
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At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions.Patrick White