Australian South Sea

Famous quotes containing the words south sea, australian, south and/or sea:

    “There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear—the city of London and the South Seas.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “Each Australian is a Ulysses.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)

    “... while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted.”
    —Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)

    “Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
    Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
    And the profit and loss.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)