Quote by Nicole Trope

“He said I was a dirty boy,’ whispered Lockie. ‘I was a dirty boy and that was why he did stuff to me, because…

— Nicole Trope

“And then to win the prize had been incredible. She felt like she was being seen, actually being seen, for the first time in…

— Nicole Trope

“Tina thought about the idea of how much a person could take. People only survived because they turned the real into the surreal. If…

— Nicole Trope

“Tina wondered how long it had taken Lockie to give up on his parents. How long had he shouted and screamed and hoped for…

— Nicole Trope

“The police up in the city had endless files filled with people who were so malevolent it was almost impossible to believe they were…

— Nicole Trope

“Tina and her mother were in the process of healing; they had to heal and soon they would be healed. But Tina knew that…

— Nicole Trope

“Tina knew she could have taken the man a tree that grew its own money and he would say, ‘Not much call for money…

— Nicole Trope

“Sarah put the man and the other dead children out of her head. Later, perhaps, she would watch Lockie out in the garden and…

— Nicole Trope

“That’s what Lockie was—a little boy.It could do your head in if you thought too much about the cruelty that one person could inflict…

— Nicole Trope

“She could not remember the casual Sarah who needed her morning latte before she did anything else. She had willingly given that Sarah up,…

— Nicole Trope

“Kids didn’t just disappear unless someone made them disappear.‘Relax, mate,’ the head of security said. ‘We’ve never lost one yet.’ Lots of kids wandered…

— Nicole Trope

“Maybe it was easier if you knew your child was dead. It was a thought that stopped him in his tracks sometimes but he…

— Nicole Trope