Graeme

“How do you know when a fish is going bonkers?’ ‘They start preaching about the end of the world,’ Slim chuckles.”
― Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

“families where the parents float around in a haze of brightly coloured hemp and honey-almond candles, a copy of a self-help book tucked under an arm, and a Dalai Lama keyring for their four-wheel-drive clutched in their hand.”
― John Marsden, The Art of Growing Up

“it is a well-known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.”
― Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Trilogy in Five Parts

“What are your professional qualifications?’ He laughed. ‘The university of life. The school of hard knocks.”
― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Effect