“And I realize I've been betrayed by the two vices that fiction promised me I'd adore. Sal Paradise held up bottles of booze like a housewife in a detergent commercial. Holden Caulfield reached for his cigarettes like an act of… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He's not superhuman. He's not super. So therefore he can't be a superhero. — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“Holding something doesn't make it yours. You realize at some point you're just keeping it back for yourself, because it's pulling away with equal… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“See, most people you meet, they'll talk to you through fifty layers of gauze and tinting. Sometimes you know they're lying even before they've started speaking. And it seems the older they get, the more brazen and desperate folks become, and they lie about things that don't even matter... I don't know. Maybe they just get so used to it… — Craig Silvey Copy Share
“See, Batman is different. He's mortal. He's got a real life to risk. Superman just has to avoid Kryptonite. Big deal. Superman fears nothing… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“What kind of lousy world is this? Has it always been this way, or has the bottom fallen out of it in the past… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
Still, there is something emboldening about being awake when the rest of the world is sleeping. Like I know something they don't. — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“I'm excited but afraid. I long to turn and wedge myself through the horse's arse from which I've just fallen, to sit safe in… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
How strange and abandoned and unsettled I am. Like a snowdome paper weight that's been shaken. There's a blizzard in my bubble. Everything in… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“Sorry is a question that begs forgiveness, because the metronome of a good heart won't settle until things are set right and true.” — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“Tongues were wagging. Aspersions were being cast like dandelion spores on hot gossipy winds.” — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
Every instance in my life, I've felt like the exact opposite of Superman. Except this time, this moment right now. I don't care. I don't feel like a weak, insipid sissy. Because right now I know I would save the girl. I know that I would rather risk the planet than let harm befall Eliza Wishart. I would save her… — Craig Silvey Copy Share
