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“Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
― Robert Frost

“The first theatrical performance in Australia took place on 4 June 1789 at Sydney, when some prisoners performed George Farquhar's comedy 'The Recruiting Officer' to celebrate King George III's birthday.”
― Allen Foster, Foster's Australian Oddities

“His own naivety taunted him like a flicker of madness.”
― Jane Harper

“There's no mistaking what kind of potion I need. Caffeine - for alertness and rejuvenation.”
― Amy Alward, Madly