"A lighthouse is for others; powerless to illuminate the space closest to it." p185
Beware p. 213
"Commission like a sacred charge" p.253 Codswallop p. 264
Damper p.34 "a thick homemade bread traditionally prepared by early European settlers in Australia. It is a bread made from wheat-based dough. Flour, salt and water, with some butter if available, is lightly kneaded and baked in the coals of a campfire, either directly or within a camp oven." Source
"Even-handed, not blaming the rocks, not fearing the wave: there for salvation if wanted." p. 4 " Every creature needed its place of refuge." p. 34
"For the briefest moment, he had no edges." p. 33
"...Gripped each thought like the rung of a ladder bty which to haul himself back to the knowable; back to this life." p. 33
"He just has keep the light burning. Nothing more." p. 36 "History is that which is agreed upon by mutual consent." p. 155
"I know love. I know what you mean. I feel the same." p. 6
Janus Rock p. 5 Jarrah p. 21 [a hardwood tree, Eucalyptus marginata, of western Australia.
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Ken took this picture near Karen's new home
Ken took this picture near Karen's new home"Keep her safe. Let her have a happy life. Let her forgive me." p. 253
"Lives gone, traces left." p. 39
"Memory of an invisible presence hung un the air between them." p. 6
"Never be sorry for smiling!" p. 21 "Now and then, as if brought on the breeze, the memory of Isabel's kiss floats into his awareness: the touch of her skin, the soft wholeness of her." p.52
"Officious stride" p. 45 "One last rime, he performed the alchemy of brilliance from sulphur and oil. One last time, he sent his signal to mariners for miles about: beware." p. 213
Palace of Prisms like a beehive made of glass. It was the very heart of Janus, all light and clarity and silence." p. 31
"Quietness of this [death]: as though, in the absence of the gunfire and the shouting, he were observing it unobscured for the first time." p. 93 "Questions harangue her as the moon languishes in the branches above: whi is Tom, really?" p. 260
"Reverence for the breath which drew in the air around and transformed it into blood, into soul." p. 87
Stoush p. 19 [: fight, brawl, violence]
"Things turned up in their own time, in their own way." p. 5
"Uncanny ability to tip him a fraction off balance." p. 41 Uninhibited joy p. 104
Violet and her daughter passed through the doors of the haberdashery, Fanny Danley, on her way out gave a little gasp, halted outside, wide-eyed with alarm and relish." p. 272
"When he thinks back on the chaos... he enjoys the luxuof stating the simple truth." p. 88
eXcoriated p. 16 Xenophobic hypocrites!" p. 151
"Your family's never in your past. You carry it around with you everywhere." p. 44 "You never know what you're going to be grateful for." p. 71
Zebedee Zanzibar p. 68
