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Craig Silvey
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born
in Australia
January 01, 1982
gender
male
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Jasper Jones
— published 2009 — 30 editions |
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Rhubarb
— published 2004 — 9 editions |
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The Amber Amulet
by Craig Silvey, Sonia Martinez — published 2012 |
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The World According to Warren
by Craig Silvey, Sonia Martinez — published 2007 |
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10 Short Stories You Must Read in 2010
by Maggie Alderson, Georgia Blain, Mark Dapin — published 2010 |
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“Sorry.
Sorry means you feel the pulse of other people's pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it. And so it binds us together, makes us trodden and sodden as one another. Sorry is a lot of things. It's a hole refilled. A debt repaid. Sorry is the wake of misdeed. It's the crippling ripple of consequence. Sorry is sadness, just as knowing is sadness. Sorry is sometimes self-pity. But Sorry, really, is not about you. It's theirs to take or leave.
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 good 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.”
― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
Sorry means you feel the pulse of other people's pain as well as your own, and saying it means you take a share of it. And so it binds us together, makes us trodden and sodden as one another. Sorry is a lot of things. It's a hole refilled. A debt repaid. Sorry is the wake of misdeed. It's the crippling ripple of consequence. Sorry is sadness, just as knowing is sadness. Sorry is sometimes self-pity. But Sorry, really, is not about you. It's theirs to take or leave.
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 good 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.”
― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
“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.”
― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
“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?”
― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones
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Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Heather P's 50 books challenge, Round 2! (2011) | 48 | 49 | Aug 21, 2011 08:46pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: * Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) | 2647 | 575 | Aug 31, 2011 09:18pm | |
| Challenge: 50 Books: Deb's 2011 reading extravaganza | 47 | 79 | Dec 10, 2011 05:39pm | |
| Book Loving Kiwis: Jasper Jones | 7 | 18 | Dec 11, 2011 10:07am | |
| Fans of Amish Fic...: Rachel's 2011 Reading Challenge | 88 | 69 | Dec 12, 2011 12:45pm | |
| Aussie Readers: **Aussie Author Challenge** | 576 | 338 | Dec 31, 2011 07:48pm | |
| Aussie Readers: **Summer Reading Challenge** | 312 | 229 | Mar 03, 2012 02:30am |
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