Brodie

“When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.”
― Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish

“Is it easier for a man to live his life again as a fish, than to accept the wonder of being human? So alone, so frightened, so wanting for what we are afraid to give tongue to.”
― Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish

“The only people who believe in straight roads are generals & mail coach drivers.”
― Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish

“Maybe we have lost the ability, that sixth sense that allows us to see miracles and have visions and understand that we are something other, larger than what we have been told. Maybe evolution has been going on in reverse longer than I suspect, and we are already sad, dumb fish.”
― Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish