Kirsty Eagar quotes:

Art is a kind of rapture. Surrender enough, you find truth."

It was something they'd done a thousand times before. If Jamie went surfing with a mate and paddled in first, he always took time for that final wave. And there was something so familiar in the ritual that for a moment he felt like everything was right.He felt forgiven.

He exhales, then leans forward, reaching under the table to hold my knee. 'I didn't mean that. I want to be here. You know what I kept thinking about while I was away? When we went for a surf the morning after - how I felt coming up from the beach with you afterwards. I was thinking, 'How good is this?'" -Ryan, pg. 201"

Am I worried about the future? I don't know. When I think of the word it's like seeing a cavity, a space where a tooth used to be.

You cant rely on anybody being around for you, because things change.