Quotes by Miles Franklin

“When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called love is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot it substitutes indulgence for fair play; when cold it is cruel, but friendship is warmth in cold, firm ground in a bog.”

“Its a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people”

“Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”

I had been poor myself, and knew what awaited him in the world. He would find that they who fawned on him most would be first to turn their backs on him now. He would be rudely disillusioned regarding the fables of love and friendship, and would become cynical, bitter, and sceptical of there being any disinterested good in human nature.

I dont believe there is a God, I said fiercely, and if there is, Hes not the merciful being Hes always depicted, or He wouldnt be always torturing me for His own amusement.

I am afflicted with the power of thought, which is a heavy curse. The less a person thinks and inquires regarding the why and the wherefore and the justice of things, when dragging along through life, the happier it is for him, and doubly, trebly so, for her.

There is any amount of love and good in the world, but you must search for it. Being misunderstood is one of the trials we all must bear. I think that even the most common-minded person in the land has inner thoughts and feelings which no one can share with him, and the higher ones organization the more one must suffer in that respect.

Im sure its not any wish of mine that Im born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again, and had the designing of myself, Id be born the lowest and coarsest-minded person imaginable, so that I could find plenty of companionship, or Id be born an idiot, which would be better still.

Its a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.