I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.

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.

Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.

I look back to a happy childhood.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

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

There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

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

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.

Just when you think you're in the cat-bird's seat, the Angel of Death calls "dibs" on shotgun.

WHEN PEOPLE SHOW YOU THEIR TRUE COLORS, DON'T GO COLOR BLIND

Hearts of gold are heavy.

These stories are ghosts, bringing people back from the dead. Just for a moment. For a visit. Every story is a ghost.

Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill.

In the Far East, we look at life in terms of circles. In the West, they look at life more in terms of squares and rectangles.

Beli at thirteen believed in love like a seventy-year-old widow who's been abandoned by family, husband, children and fortune believes in God.

My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.