Favel Parrett > Quotes

“Steady, steady, we move at half-speed, and when I look up, a cape petrel is just above me, flying with us. Little turns, little wings. I reach my arm up, my fingers stretch. I reach and for a second time the bird comes so close I can almost touch him. I can see his eyes, his tiny face. He looks at me, then rises up with the thermals. Up and up at full speed until I lose him in the light.

My eyes are full.”
― Favel Parrett, When the Night Comes

“Lots of rules are pointless,' he said, 'you don't have to follow everything. Make your own mind up about what is right.”
― Favel Parrett, There Was Still Love

“We drove to a place in Sandy Bay, right near the beach. They had so many things on the menu, but mostly they had lots of different types of pancakes. Pancakes with blueberries, pancakes with bacon and eggs, pancakes with baked banana and maple syrup.
My brother’s serving had so much whipped cream on top that he had to dig a tunnel through the cream to get to the pancakes. He was full after about ten mouthfuls, and he seemed genuinely sad to leave so much behind. He’d tried his best but the pancakes had won.”
― Favel Parrett, When the Night Comes

“Bo put a record on the stereo and the speakers crackled, that moment of anticipation before the needle found its way to the first song.
An organ, in rhythm. A chord. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”
Mum cheered. It was her favorite, the soundtrack to a movie called The Big Chill.”
― Favel Parrett, When the Night Comes

“Hobart.
Many of the crew have friends waiting and know this place. But not me. This is a new place.
“You will love it,” they say, excited to be back.
The Red Lion, the Dog House, the Hope and Anchor, the Ship Hotel—places I will be taken, live music and dancing and beer on tap.”
― Favel Parrett, When the Night Comes

“There is still love. And there is still cake, sometimes.”
― Favel Parrett, There Was Still Love