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)

    “These South savannahs may yet prove battle-fields.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “I have not much faith in women in fiction.... Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When a woman writes a story of adventure, a stout sea tale, a manly battle yarn, anything without wine, women, and love, then I will begin to hope for something great from them, not before.”
    —Willa Cather (1873–1947)