Christina Stead (17 July 1902 – 31 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. She was born in Rockdale, New South Wales, and died in Sydney.
Famous quotes by christina stead:
“... the great white city of brotherhood, Washington ...”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“It is a fruitful island of the sea-world, a great Ithaca, there parched and stony and here trodden by flocks and curly- headed bulls and heavy with thick-set grain.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“Everyone likes the obscene; that is real life.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“A bank is a confidence trick. If you put up the right signs, the wizards of finance themselves will come in and ask you to take their money.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)