The Gorgon in the Gully Quotes

“The next night he asked Jonah if he could take $9.49 out of Jonah's secret stash that only Danny and his mum and Jack knew about. Jonah kept it in his sock drawer next to a photograph of Jonah and a girl with sad eyes, taken in one of those railway station photo booths.”
― Melina Marchetta, The Gorgon in the Gully

“There was this time when I looked at a picture and thought it was a man with horns, but when I stepped up to study it I could see it was actually a butterfly with wings standing up straight. That’s what happens when you stop looking at things from far away. My advice… look at whatever you’re scared of from a different angle. Look at it up really close.”
― Melina Marchetta, The Gorgon in the Gully

“All they needed to do was look up close at what it was they were afraid of and they'd probably realise that it wasn't so frightening after all.”
― Melina Marchetta, The Gorgon in the Gully