Quotes by Louis Nowra

Where were me parents? Where were Becky? I felt so alone, so lost that I could not see. By that I mean, everything round me were a blur, everything inside me were a blur of fear and shock. I heard meself crying and moaning, My oh my, my oh my . . . I still have nightmares ’bout that time. I still feel like a sharp piece ofice has stabbed me heart real deep. I was filled, filled to the brim with utter baffle and utter loneliness. p. 15

Its because his wife left him. Thats why hes acting funny. She left him the other night. While she was putting her bags into the taxi he was outside on the footpath begging her to stay. On his knees! Why are men so embarrassing?Bev

Im thinking about the cat dying, Dulcie and her knife against my throat, Mrs Irvin and her St Thomas bone... But never my sister. A brother rarely thinks about his sister.

It’s the body and eyes that tell what a person is thinking or going to do.

Ive always thought that love was being foolish and stupid. Its about being on the edge and I like being on the edge. Its not divine madness like some people think, theres no such thing as divine madness, madness is just madness. Love is hallucinating without drugs.