Quote by: Patrick White

They walked on rather aimlessly. He hoped she wouldn't notice he was touched, because he wouldn't have known how to explain why. Here lay the great discrepancy between aesthetic truth and sleazy reality.


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Author Bio


  • NamePatrick White
  • DescriptionEnglish-born Australian writer
  • BornMay 28, 1912
  • DiedSeptember 30, 1990
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Playwright; Poet; Screenwriter; Autobiographer
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Miles Franklin Literary Award; Order Of Australia