The word permanent…had its own kind of revenge on those who misused it, for the Bible said that nothing was permanent and everything came and went.
Janet Frame Quotes
What use the green river, the gold place, if time and death pinned human in the pocket of my land not rest from taking underground the green all-willowed and white rose and bean flower and morning-mist picnic of song in pepper-pot breast of thrush?
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Janet Frame Quotes: What use the green river, the gold place, if time and death pinned..."
| Birth: | 28th August, 1924 |
| Death: | 29th January, 2004 |
| Nationality: | New Zealander |
| Profession: | Author, Novelist, Poet, Writer |
About
Janet Frame was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. She was a New Zealander author, novelist, poet and short story writer. She studied at the University of Otago. In 1943, she began training as a teacher at the Dunedin College of Education. She wrote several novels include: Owls Do Cry, Faces in the Water, Scented Gardens for the Blind, The Adaptable Man, A State of Siege, Intensive Care, Daughter Buffalo, Living in the Maniototo, The Carpathians, Towards Another Summer, and In the Memorial Room. She wrote several short stories include: Lagoon and Other Stories, The Reservoir, and You Are Now Entering the Human Heart. She wrote several poems include: The Pocket Mirror and The Goose Bath. She authored three volumes of autobiography, including To the Is-land, An Angel at my Table and The Envoy from Mirror City.
Share with your friends