“I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?” IfsWantNeedsFeelsMeanHardDoneWaterHard WorkUnderstoodGunCaughtFishesDrainsBarrelsRedundancy Book:Jasper Jones Source: Jasper Jones
“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 in a second. Because I can imagine her and me huddled safe together while the earth falls under evil designs, but I can't imagine the world without her in it.” KnowsWorldFeelsI CanMomentsCareEarthTogetherFallGirlEvilFeltImagineRiskDesignPlanetsRight NowSafeWeakOppositesDon't CareHarmInstanceI Don't CareBecause I CanInsipidSissy Author:Craig Silvey
“Sorry means you feel the pulse of other people's pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it. And so it binds us together, makes us trodden and sodden as one another. Sorry is a lot of things. It's a hole refilled. A debt repaid. Sorry is the wake of misdeed. It's the crippling ripple of consequence. Sorry is sadness, just as knowing is sadness. Sorry is sometimes self-pity. But Sorry, really, is not about you. It's theirs to take or leave.” PeopleFeelsWellsMeanSelfSometimesPainTogetherKnowingSadnessShareConsequenceSorryDebtHolesPityPulseSelf PityRippleMisdeeds Author:Craig Silvey
