Aaron Fletcher > Quotes

“People should draw lessons from the past, but those who look constantly behind themselves will get nothing more than a sore neck and a good view of their backsides”
― Aaron Fletcher

“Jarboe had taught Jeremy to view himself as only one part of the complex of animals and plants, and to live in harmony with his surroundings rather than to attempt to dominate them. The”
― Aaron Fletcher, Walk About

“one mat was sudden and unexpected.”
― Aaron Fletcher, Wallaby Track

“people should draw lessons from the past, but those who constantly look behind themselves will get nothing more than a sore neck and a good view of their backside.”
― Aaron Fletcher, Walk About

“The city and the outback were separated by a distance greater than miles. Then,”
― Aaron Fletcher, Walk About

“People put their minds to ruling over animals, not studying them. If you’ll study animals and their habits, you’ll do a much better job of dealing with them.” Jeremy”
― Aaron Fletcher, Walk About

“slipped through it, and closed it behind her. The sudden drenching from the rain made the vertigo intensify, staggering her. She stopped, recovering her balance and clutching the bundle to her, then began walking carefully down the steps. The downpour soaked her nightgown through to her skin in an instant. It plastered her hair to her head and streamed down her face in rivulets which made it hard to see and to breathe. The cold began penetrating, and she was shivering by the time she reached the bottom of the steps. The ground had disappeared under an inches-deep sheet of muddy water which was a boiling mass of miniature waterspouts which lived for their instant as the large, heavy drops struck. The rain was a grey, blinding curtain on all sides, fading into the muddy water covering the ground without a clear line of delimitation, surrounding her with featureless grey. The loss of visual references, the water all around her, and the rain pouring down her face and blinding her made the lightheadedness and lack of contact with her surroundings more pronounced, and she stumbled”
― Aaron Fletcher, Outback

“they had been doomed to birth and condemned to live.”
― Aaron Fletcher, Outback

“his bland blue eyes not perceiving an essential difference in worth between the diseased or injured whore and the best citizen of the city.”
― Aaron Fletcher, Outback