"The whole underneath of Paris was an ant nest, Metro tunnels, sewer shafts, catacombs, mines, cemeteries. She'd been down in the city of bones where skulls and femurs rose in yellowing walls. Right do..."
- Tim Winton
"I have never been a violent man. Just a little creepy, it seems."
"And though I've lived to be an old man with my very own share of happiness for all the mess I made, I still judge every joyous moment, every victory and revelation against those few seconds of living."
"There are no wastelands in our landscape quite like those we've created ourselves."