Jackson Parr

“My disgraceful, wicked heart, thought Amy, is braver than the world. For a moment it seemed to Amy that there was nothing in the world she could not meet and vanquish. And though she knew this to be the most foolish idea, it excited and emboldened her further.”
― Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North

“A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.”
― Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North

“One man’s feeling is not always equal to all life is. Sometimes it’s not equal to anything much at all.”
― Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North

“Sometimes God wills for one of his children to experience human wickedness so that he will emerge stronger and nobler than ever.”
― Henri Charrière