The Hamilton Case Quotes

“We believe the explanation we hear last. It's one of the ways in which narrative influences our perception of truth. We crave finality, and end to interpretation, not seeing that this too, the tying up of all loose ends in the last chapter, is only a storytelling ruse. The device runs contrary to experience, wouldn't you say? Time never simplifies - it unravels and complicates. Guilty parties show up everywhere. The plot does nothing but thicken.”
― Michelle de Kretser, The Hamilton Case

“Compassion struggled in Maud; uselessly, like a puppy in a sack.”
― Michelle de Kretser, The Hamilton Case