There comes a moment when an individual who is too honest t… - Patrick White

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There comes a moment when an individual who is too honest to take refuge in the old illusion of self-importance is suspended agonizingly between the flat sky and the flat earth, and prayer is no more that a slight gumminess on the roof of the mouth.

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Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was an Australian novelist and winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Birth Name: Patrick Victor Martindale White

Alternative Names: Alex Xenophon Demirjian Gray

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