Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught yet!
~ Sara Sheridan
I don't have a command for 'stop wagging your tail'.
~ Elle Saverini
May they run free forever and grow back their limbs!
~ Henry Mosquera
It's only crazy if we fail.
The only thing altruism will get you here is a boot stomping on your head.
Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.
~ S.a. Tawks
If you're not happy with yourself, how can you even begin to figure out if another person makes you happy, annoyed, angry, sad and so on.
This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do?
It seemed, at that point, my greed and cunningness were being rewarded.
She'd been fed anti-consumerist bullshit by her parents but didn't understand simple economics.
Now comes the hard part. Peyton, Peyton, Peyton. Just say Peyton.
It's called the kindness of a fellow human being. You should try it sometime, ya fuck.
At least I can say I once worked a day on a tea plantation in Far North Queensland.
Everyday something unexpected happened. Everyday was exciting. Everyday was a misadventure.
The acceptance of just one person is enough to silence the rejection of thousands.
But now I think he was trying to teach me to never feel entitled because life can be a cruel bitch at times.
Where's your sense of misadventure?
My newfound motivation had me feeling confident in my ability and I headed to Mackay with a plan.
Being determined delinquents, Peyton and I jumped the barricades and wandered around the dilapidated interior.
You know what's the worst? Having realistic, ordinary expectations taken out of your reach by seemingly unrealistic, extraordinary circumstances.
The false hope I filled myself with is fleeing and I'm beginning to feel scared again.
You live by whatever rules you need to govern your life the best you think. Let's just try not to encroach.
Nyree taught me not to trust anyone but Steve quickly corrected that lesson and taught me not to trust everyone.
Even freedom needs some rules to keep it from being complete chaos.
I took her word and didn't let my concern for my future ruin the present moment.
The best experiences can't be forced and they come when you least expect it. You don't find misadventure, it finds you.
I realised I got anxious because my true aspiration wasn't to become the chief of a multi-billion dollar, multi-national company that created widgets or some shit.
Time is wasted on the young and experience is wasted on the old.
It's easy to give up at the beginning of something, but after gaining a bit of momentum it's not as tempting or easy to just give up.
He was the captain of the rugby team and he was built like a fucking gorilla. He had the personality of a fucking gorilla, too.
Your days are only important if you decide to make them important.
If I hadn't worked up the courage to talk to Christy, she most likely would have been a pretty face that disappeared back into the crowd.
People give up. People settle. People persevere. And you can do all three if you're smart enough.
I let my initial stance on her prettiness stand and didn't let any superficial thoughts hobble it.
Besides the gifts, the only thing that gave the headstones colour were the memories family and friends had of the people they represented.
Lighting a cigarette with a sense of achievement for company made the journey worth it.
They were queen bitches and it seemed everyone and everything they knew and everyone and everything they didn't know deserved some kind of criticism.
The stretch of Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale was long and lonesome.
It was as if I was automatically one of them because I smoked.
We smoked the joints down to the roaches and then relaxed beneath the stars to let the drug form dazzling constellations.
