Janet Frame Quotes

A collection of quotes by Janet Frame.

Janet Frame was an acclaimed New Zealand author, born on August 28, 1924, and passed away on January 29, 2004. Known for her exceptional literary talent, she wrote a diverse range of works including novels, short stories, poetry, and an autobiography. Frame's writing often explored themes of mental health, identity, and social conformity. Her remarkable contributions to literature earned her numerous awards including the prestigious Commonwealth Writers' Prize and a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Despite experiencing personal struggles and psychiatric institutionalization, Frame's resilient spirit and imagination continue to inspire readers around the world.

Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to

Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.

For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventua

For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

It would be nice to travel if you knew where you were going

It would be nice to travel if you knew where you were going and where you would live at the end or do we ever know, do we ever live where we live, we're always in other places, lost, like sheep.

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.

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