Janet Frame Quotes


Possibility was not a bag or box that could be closed and sealed, it was a vast open chute which received everything, everything; one could not choose or direct or destroy the powerful flow of possibility.


Citations

Frame, Janet. A State of Siege. George Braziller, 1966.

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Janet Frame
Janet Frame
  • Born: August 28, 1924
  • Died: January 29, 2004
  • Nationality: New Zealander
  • Profession: Novelist

Janet Paterson Frame ONZ CBE was a New Zealand author. She was internationally renowned for her work, which included novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civil honour.