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Richard Flanagan quotes: Being prisoner great shame. Great! Redeem honour building railway for Emperor. Great honour. Great! Being prisoner great shame. Great! Redeem honour building railway for Emperor. Great honour. Great!
Richard Flanagan quotes: They were men like other young men, unknown to themselves. So much that lay within them they were now travelling to meet. They were men like other young men, unknown to themselves. So much that lay within them they were now travelling to meet.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging. The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging.
Richard Flanagan quotes: A novel is a journey into your own soul, and you seek there to discover those things that you share with all others. A novel is a journey into your own soul, and you seek there to discover those things that you share with all others.
Richard Flanagan quotes: There is a crisis that is not political - an epidemic of loneliness, of sadness - and we're completely unequal to dealing with it. There is a crisis that is not political - an epidemic of loneliness, of sadness - and we're completely unequal to dealing with it.
Richard Flanagan quotes: He reasoned that, as there was nothing he could do about his feelings, he must avoid acting on them. He reasoned that, as there was nothing he could do about his feelings, he must avoid acting on them.
Richard Flanagan quotes: But sometimes [love] was just there: ... he was ... shocked to know he had been lucky to live and know it, to love and be loved. But sometimes [love] was just there: ... he was ... shocked to know he had been lucky to live and know it, to love and be loved.
Richard Flanagan quotes: And one thing, as they sometimes do, led not to another, but shattered a world. And one thing, as they sometimes do, led not to another, but shattered a world.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I'm a successful novelist, and I've been a lucky one, so I don't want to cry the poor mouth. Writing has never been easy. I'm a successful novelist, and I've been a lucky one, so I don't want to cry the poor mouth. Writing has never been easy.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I love words because you can only live one life, but in a novel, you can live a thousand: you contain multitudes. I love words because you can only live one life, but in a novel, you can live a thousand: you contain multitudes.
Richard Flanagan quotes: When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce. When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.
Richard Flanagan quotes: He continued to believe that, like everything else in his life, it would be righted by the sheer force of his will He continued to believe that, like everything else in his life, it would be righted by the sheer force of his will
Richard Flanagan quotes: You can spend a day in a library and feel: 'Great, I've done a day's work.' But it's only research, not writing. You can spend a day in a library and feel: 'Great, I've done a day's work.' But it's only research, not writing.
Richard Flanagan quotes: But sometimes things are said and they're not just words. They are everything that one person thinks of another in a sentence. Just one sentence. But sometimes things are said and they're not just words. They are everything that one person thinks of another in a sentence. Just one sentence.
Richard Flanagan quotes: In this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at flowers. In this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at flowers.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I grew up in a world that was clannish - old Tasmanian-Irish families with big extended families. I grew up in a world that was clannish - old Tasmanian-Irish families with big extended families.
Richard Flanagan quotes: It was as if life could be shown but never explained, and words - all the words that did not say things directly - were for him the most truthful. It was as if life could be shown but never explained, and words - all the words that did not say things directly - were for him the most truthful.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The number of those identifying as Aborigine in Tasmania rapidly rose in the late 20th century. The number of those identifying as Aborigine in Tasmania rapidly rose in the late 20th century.
Richard Flanagan quotes: My purpose holds, To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars until I die. My purpose holds, To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars until I die.
Richard Flanagan quotes: There are words and words and none mean anything. And then one sentence means everything. There are words and words and none mean anything. And then one sentence means everything.
Richard Flanagan quotes: He read and reread 'Ulysses'. He looked back at Amy. They were the first beautiful thing I ever knew, Dorrigo Evans said. He read and reread 'Ulysses'. He looked back at Amy. They were the first beautiful thing I ever knew, Dorrigo Evans said.
Richard Flanagan quotes: In trying to escape the fatality of memory, he discovered with an immense sadness that pursuing the past inevitably only leads to greater loss. In trying to escape the fatality of memory, he discovered with an immense sadness that pursuing the past inevitably only leads to greater loss.
Richard Flanagan quotes: My father was the first to read in his family, and he said to me that words were the first beautiful thing he ever knew. My father was the first to read in his family, and he said to me that words were the first beautiful thing he ever knew.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Love is a glimpse of hope. To love is to hope. When we abandon hope, we cease to exist. Love is a glimpse of hope. To love is to hope. When we abandon hope, we cease to exist.
Richard Flanagan quotes: We live in a material world, not a dramatic one. And truth resides not in melodrama, but in the precise measure of material things. We live in a material world, not a dramatic one. And truth resides not in melodrama, but in the precise measure of material things.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The new music, the bebop and modern jazz, wasn't music to him. It was choppy noise pretending to make music out of traffic jams. The new music, the bebop and modern jazz, wasn't music to him. It was choppy noise pretending to make music out of traffic jams.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Once upon a time...long ago in a far-off place that everyone knows is not here or now or us. Once upon a time...long ago in a far-off place that everyone knows is not here or now or us.
Richard Flanagan quotes: History, like journalism, is ever a journey outwards, and you must report back what you find and no more. History, like journalism, is ever a journey outwards, and you must report back what you find and no more.
Richard Flanagan quotes: And this grey spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. And this grey spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I have met Aborigines younger than me who used to hide every time anyone official came round their camp for fear of being taken away. I have met Aborigines younger than me who used to hide every time anyone official came round their camp for fear of being taken away.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The sum of such chaos was that I seemed to be reading a book that never really started and never quite finished. The sum of such chaos was that I seemed to be reading a book that never really started and never quite finished.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Love is the scent of a sleeping back, death a slight draft of bad breath. Love is the scent of a sleeping back, death a slight draft of bad breath.
Richard Flanagan quotes: He had avoided what he regarded as some obvious errors of life, such as politics and golf. He had avoided what he regarded as some obvious errors of life, such as politics and golf.
Richard Flanagan quotes: One cannot distinguish between human and non-human acts. One cannot point, one cannot say this man here is a man and that man there is a devil. One cannot distinguish between human and non-human acts. One cannot point, one cannot say this man here is a man and that man there is a devil.
Richard Flanagan quotes: It may be that the carbon tax is the final chapter in the strange death of Labor Australia. It may be that the carbon tax is the final chapter in the strange death of Labor Australia.
Richard Flanagan quotes: From that woman on the beach, dusk pours out across the evening waves. ISSA From that woman on the beach, dusk pours out across the evening waves. ISSA
Richard Flanagan quotes: smell its acrid horsehair upholstery and stale flour, smell its acrid horsehair upholstery and stale flour,
Richard Flanagan quotes: I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write. I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The imprisoning scent of jasmine that always awakened in him a desire to flee. The imprisoning scent of jasmine that always awakened in him a desire to flee.
Richard Flanagan quotes: An unskilled middle-aged man can work in the mines, and it pays well. An unskilled middle-aged man can work in the mines, and it pays well.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I think writing should be about change. I think writing should be about change.
Richard Flanagan quotes: One man's feeling is not always equal to all life is. Sometimes it's not equal to anything much at all. One man's feeling is not always equal to all life is. Sometimes it's not equal to anything much at all.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Pushing away, pushing in: the pattern of so much that was to follow. Pushing away, pushing in: the pattern of so much that was to follow.
Richard Flanagan quotes: For the rest of his life he would yield to circumstance and expectation, coming to call these strange weights duty. For the rest of his life he would yield to circumstance and expectation, coming to call these strange weights duty.
Richard Flanagan quotes: You have to attempt to find new forms that will force you to write freshly and better and hopefully more truthfully. You have to attempt to find new forms that will force you to write freshly and better and hopefully more truthfully.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Without love, what was the world? Without love, what was the world?
Richard Flanagan quotes: In the late 19th century, the theory that the Aborigines were an inferior race that was doomed to die out became accepted as fact. In the late 19th century, the theory that the Aborigines were an inferior race that was doomed to die out became accepted as fact.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Every death of those you love is the death also of so many shared memories and understanding, of a now irretrievable part of your own life. Every death of those you love is the death also of so many shared memories and understanding, of a now irretrievable part of your own life.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I think sometimes writers must attempt to communicate the incommunicable, because, whether they wish it or not, they're the ones to whom it falls. I think sometimes writers must attempt to communicate the incommunicable, because, whether they wish it or not, they're the ones to whom it falls.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Even in Kyoto when I hear the cuckoo I long for Kyoto. Even in Kyoto when I hear the cuckoo I long for Kyoto.
Richard Flanagan quotes: A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul. A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.
Richard Flanagan quotes: We're a migrant nation made up of people who've been torn out of other worlds, and you'd think we would have some compassion. We're a migrant nation made up of people who've been torn out of other worlds, and you'd think we would have some compassion.
Richard Flanagan quotes: These days he relied on the increasingly fragile assumption that what he said was right, and what was right was what he said. These days he relied on the increasingly fragile assumption that what he said was right, and what was right was what he said.
Richard Flanagan quotes: But what reality was ever made by realists? They But what reality was ever made by realists? They
Richard Flanagan quotes: When I was younger, I was full of smart things to say about all my books. When I was younger, I was full of smart things to say about all my books.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The past is there, but life is circular. I have a strong sense of the circularity of time. The past is there, but life is circular. I have a strong sense of the circularity of time.
Richard Flanagan quotes: In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked. In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.
Richard Flanagan quotes: In reading, you sense the divine: the things that are larger and greater and more mysterious than yourself. In reading, you sense the divine: the things that are larger and greater and more mysterious than yourself.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Virtue was vanity dressed up and waiting for applause. Virtue was vanity dressed up and waiting for applause.
Richard Flanagan quotes: My ancestors came from Co Roscommon, transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing food. My ancestors came from Co Roscommon, transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing food.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Railway fettler, and his family lived in a Tasmanian Government Railways Railway fettler, and his family lived in a Tasmanian Government Railways
Richard Flanagan quotes: Nineveh, Tyre, a God-forsaken railway in Siam, Dorrigo Evans said, flame Nineveh, Tyre, a God-forsaken railway in Siam, Dorrigo Evans said, flame
Richard Flanagan quotes: It is not that you know nothing about war, young man ... It is that you have learnt one thing. And war is many things. It is not that you know nothing about war, young man ... It is that you have learnt one thing. And war is many things.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I come from a tiny mining town in the rainforest in an island at the end of the world. My grandparents were illiterate. I come from a tiny mining town in the rainforest in an island at the end of the world. My grandparents were illiterate.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Speedo, when they worked us seventy days and Speedo, when they worked us seventy days and
Richard Flanagan quotes: Shakespeare was completely fictionalising the people who were then the great celebrities of English. Shakespeare was completely fictionalising the people who were then the great celebrities of English.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Among many other reforms, Australians pioneered the secret ballot and universal suffrage. Among many other reforms, Australians pioneered the secret ballot and universal suffrage.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world. I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I do not come out of a literary tradition. I do not come out of a literary tradition.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books. Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books.
Richard Flanagan quotes: In 1995, the Paul Keating Labor government commissioned an inquiry into the forcible removal of Aboriginal children. In 1995, the Paul Keating Labor government commissioned an inquiry into the forcible removal of Aboriginal children.
Richard Flanagan quotes: What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness. What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness.
Richard Flanagan quotes: My mother hoped I'd be a plumber. My mother hoped I'd be a plumber.
Richard Flanagan quotes: His fame seemed to him a failure of perception on the part of others. His fame seemed to him a failure of perception on the part of others.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Writing reminds you that you're never alone. Writing and reading is to be optimistic. Writing reminds you that you're never alone. Writing and reading is to be optimistic.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The path to survival was to never give up on the small things. The path to survival was to never give up on the small things.
Richard Flanagan quotes: He ... discovered that people's goodwill was frequently in inverse relationship to their position ... He ... discovered that people's goodwill was frequently in inverse relationship to their position ...
Richard Flanagan quotes: The only people who believe in straight roads are generals & mail coach drivers. The only people who believe in straight roads are generals & mail coach drivers.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Darky was always looking for the good thing, no matter how small, and consequently he often found it. Darky was always looking for the good thing, no matter how small, and consequently he often found it.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Words are mostly used to keep us asleep, not to wake us. Words are mostly used to keep us asleep, not to wake us.
Richard Flanagan quotes: And how if she didn't see him for another thirty years she would still love him, how she would still love him if he was dead until she was dead And how if she didn't see him for another thirty years she would still love him, how she would still love him if he was dead until she was dead too.
Richard Flanagan quotes: All men were liars and he was no doubt no different - only one tongue and more tales than the dog pound. All men were liars and he was no doubt no different - only one tongue and more tales than the dog pound.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Of all the love stories ever published, I have - realistically - read very few. Of all the love stories ever published, I have - realistically - read very few.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I never know what I am writing. The moment you know what you're writing, you're writing nothing worth reading. I never know what I am writing. The moment you know what you're writing, you're writing nothing worth reading.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Memory's only like justice, because it is another wrong idea that makes people feel right. Memory's only like justice, because it is another wrong idea that makes people feel right.
Richard Flanagan quotes: No, Colonel Kota replied, stepping backwards and flipping open his Kuomintang cigarette case to proffer another cigarette No, Colonel Kota replied, stepping backwards and flipping open his Kuomintang cigarette case to proffer another cigarette
Richard Flanagan quotes: Yep, I often lit the barbie with old drafts. Yep, I often lit the barbie with old drafts.
Richard Flanagan quotes: The only accusation of Gillian Triggs with the ring of truth is that she has lost the confidence of the government - but then, so too has Tony Abbott. The only accusation of Gillian Triggs with the ring of truth is that she has lost the confidence of the government - but then, so too has Tony Abbott.
Richard Flanagan quotes: He could never admit to himself that it was death that had given his life meaning. He could never admit to himself that it was death that had given his life meaning.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Auger-eyed woman's small stout form, outlining her Auger-eyed woman's small stout form, outlining her
Richard Flanagan quotes: Thinking: The world is. It just is. Thinking: The world is. It just is.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I am part of all that I have met. I am part of all that I have met.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Look at the history of literature, and you find the history of beauty on the one hand and the IOUs on the other. Look at the history of literature, and you find the history of beauty on the one hand and the IOUs on the other.
Richard Flanagan quotes: It's only our faith in illusions that makes life possible...It's believing in reality that does us in every time. It's only our faith in illusions that makes life possible...It's believing in reality that does us in every time.
Richard Flanagan quotes: I was one of six kids; my grandmother lived with us. We had an aunt who used to have nerves, and all her kids would turn up and live with I was one of six kids; my grandmother lived with us. We had an aunt who used to have nerves, and all her kids would turn up and live with us.
Richard Flanagan quotes: God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions. God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Under Howard, federal government support for black Australia slowly dried up. Services were slashed, native title restricted. Under Howard, federal government support for black Australia slowly dried up. Services were slashed, native title restricted.
Richard Flanagan quotes: You could never know when everything might change - a mood, a decision, a blanket. A life. They You could never know when everything might change - a mood, a decision, a blanket. A life. They
Richard Flanagan quotes: ... being true to the multitudes within himself that are one and many. ... being true to the multitudes within himself that are one and many.
Richard Flanagan quotes: Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books. Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books.

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