"The social costs, and the increased tax costs due to addicted gamblers, stay behind"

“Surrender means accepting this moment, this body, and this life with open arms. Surrender involves getting out of your own way and living in accord with a higher will, expressed as the wisdom of the heart. Far more than passive acceptance, surrender uses every challenge as a means of spiritual growth and expanded awareness.”

“You know, Mick Jagger's "Sympathy for the Devil." I think it was inspired by that [H.P.Lovecraft stories]. You don't know who's reading what, you know. It just comes out once in a while in the pop culture.”

“It is as if something somewhere were 'known' in the form of images - but not by us.”

“Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?”

“Too many companies these days can't tell the difference between good profits and bad.... By now you're probably wondering how in heaven's name profit, that holy grail of the business enterprise, can ever be bad. Short of outright fraud, isn't one dollar of earnings as good as another? Certainly, accountants can't tell the difference between good and bad profits. They all look the same on an income statement. While bad profits don't show up on the books, they are easy to recognize. They're profits earned at the expense of customer relationships.”

“I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.”

“I early became conscious that men breathe more audibly than women. Sit in a room in silence with men and women, and you can always hear the men breathing.”

Source : Miles Franklin (2017). “Childhood At Brindabella: My First Ten Years”, p.27, ETT Imprint

“Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.”