The Boy Behind the Curtain Quotes

“firearm would be a dark presence I can do without under my own roof. Too much sinister potential. Too much unearnt power.”
― Tim Winton, The Boy Behind the Curtain

“The gun’s slinky power has a special appeal to the young, the weak, the confused and the powerless. To those overlooked or spurned, access to a firearm is the spark of agency. With a gun in your hands, everything is possible. In a moment you imagine the respect it demands.”
― Tim Winton, The Boy Behind the Curtain

“radiates.”
― Tim Winton, The Boy Behind the Curtain

“After all, there’s no shape or image in modern culture to match that of the gun. Nothing else has its universal authority or saving promise”
― Tim Winton, The Boy Behind the Curtain