Tim Winton

Citas

• "I only believe in one thing, Les," Sam solemnly uttered. "Hairy Hand of God, otherwise known as Lady Luck. Our Lady, if she's shinin that lamp on ya, she'll give you what you want."

• “Over the years Ida had fattened up. She sort of spread, like a garden gone wild.”

• “Nanna was the first dead person I ever saw. Her hair was blue against the pillow. And when me hand bumped her cheek she was cold and heavy and a kind of spark went through me, like a terrible familiar feeling. And I understood it then. She was meat. That's what dead things are.”

• “All the big things hurt, the things you remember. If it doesn't hurt it's not important.”

• “Ambition, Rose. It squeezes us into corners and turns out ugly shapes.”