“Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this," he said.
The scientist said, "That's absolutely and precisely right.”
― On the Beach
The scientist said, "That's absolutely and precisely right.”
― On the Beach
“Two days later they reached Port Darwin and lay in the harbour beneath the town. Here they could see nothing but the wharf, the roof of Government House, and a bit of the Darwin Hotel. Fishing boats lay at anchor and they cruised around these, hailing, and examining them through the periscope. They learned nothing, save for the inference that when the end had come the people had died tidily. “It’s what animals do,” John Osborne said. “Creep away into holes to die. They’re probably all in bed.” “That’s enough about that,” the captain said. “It’s true,” the scientist remarked. “Okay, it’s true. Now let’s not talk about it any more.” The report certainly was going to be a difficult one to write.”
― On the Beach
― On the Beach
“I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.”
― On the Beach
― On the Beach
“She had known for some time that his wife and family were very real to him, more real by far than the half-life in a far corner of the world that had been forced upon him since the war.”
― On the Beach
― On the Beach
“This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.”
― On the Beach
― On the Beach
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