“and then ah God”

“None of the seven is really good, for the excellent reason that Australian children never are.”

“But in Australia a model child is - I sasy it not without thankfulness - an unknown quantity.It may be that the miasmas of naughtiness develop best in the sunny brilliancy of our atmosphere. It may be that the land and the people are so young-hearted together, and the children's spirits are not crushed and saddened by the shadow of long years' sorrowful history. There is a lurking sparkle of joyousness and rebellion and mischief in nature here, and therefore in children.”

“God doesn't make junk”

“I am somebody cause God don't make no junk”

“God gave us our relatives: thank god we can choose our friends.”

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself.”