When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New Zealand had this strong sense of identity and coherence as being part of the commonwealth and a the identity of its people as being British.
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Nationality: New Zealander Type: Historian Born: December 15, 1945 Death: March 30, 2004 |
“Once you get to that point when you can just be yourself and relax, I just think that you're so much happier in general.”
“Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.”