How strange and abandoned and unsettled I am. Like a snowdome paper weight that's been shaken. There's a … - Craig Silvey

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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Craig Silvey

How strange and abandoned and unsettled I am. Like a snowdome paper weight that's been shaken. There's a blizzard in my bubble. Everything in my world that was steady and sure and sturdy has been shaken out of place, and it's now drifting and swirling back down in a confetti of debris. (p30)

Abandoned, Like, Paper, Shaken, Weight, World

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Sorry means you leave yourself open, to embrace or to ridicule or to revenge. Sorry is a question that begs forgiveness, because the metronome of a heart won't settle until things are set right and true. Sorry doesn't take things back, but it pushes things forward. It bridges the gap. Sorry is a sacrament. It's an offering. A gift.

Heart, Pushes, Question, Revenge, Sorry, Take

I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?

Dead, Gun, Hard, Hard Work, Mean, Understood

My point is this: the more you have to lose, the braver you are for standing up.

Braver, Lose, Loses, Point, Standing

I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.

Know, People, This World, World

You need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say it without flinching. They want to be told stuff. And they don't want to doubt you either. It's too hard.

Doubt, Listen, Long, People, Truth, Willing