*Give me your honest opinion. I don’t want truth with a veil on—I like naked ladies naked.* [*Christina Stead*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/76328.Christina_Stead?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) Australian novelist Christina Stead (born July 17, 1902) spent much of her adult life abroad. She reportedly only moved back to her native country, at the age of 66, after being denied the Britannica-Australian prize on the grounds that she had "ceased to be an Australian."