Christina Stead Quote

Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money.... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a jealous mistress, everything is terribly possessive, and, by God, we want to be terribly possessed if we want to get somewhere — and we want to be terribly possessed — anyhow; or what is life?


A Little Tea, A Little Chat (1948)


Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money.... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a ...

Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money.... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a ...

Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money.... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a ...

Money is a jealous mistress If you want money you must want only money.... I must tell you the one secret of life, there is only one: everything is a ...