“My brain is a vast, barren, jokeless plain where wolves howl at the moon over rocky overhangs and the wind kicks up twists of sand and tumbleweed.” — 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… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“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… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“And it happens like that. Like when you first realize that there is no such thing as magic. Or that nothing actually answers your… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
You need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“I force a smile and hold up my hand, which must end up looking like some sort of strange, leery wince, like I've just… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
