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A happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else.

Richard Flanagan

The path to survival was to never give up on the small things.

Richard Flanagan

There are words and words and none mean anything. And then one sentence means everything.

Richard Flanagan

The idea of the past is as useless as the idea of the future. Both could be invoked by anybody about anything. There is never any more beauty than there is now. There is no more joy or wonder or sorrow than there is now, nor perfection, nor any more evil nor any more good than there is now.

Richard Flanagan

We remember nothing. Maybe for a year or two. Maybe most of a life, if we live. Maybe. But then we will die, and who will ever understand any of this? And maybe we remember nothing most of all when we put our hands on our hearts and carry on about not forgetting.

Richard Flanagan

One cannot distinguish between human and non-human acts. One cannot point, one cannot say this man here is a man and that man there is a devil.

Richard Flanagan

When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.

Richard Flanagan

Richard Flanagan

Richard Flanagan

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Born: 1961 (age 64)

Bio: Richard Miller Flanagan is an Australian novelist from Tasmania. "Considered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation", according to The Economist, each of his novels has attracted major praise and received numerous awards and honours.

Known for:

The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013)
Gould's Book of Fish (2001)
The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997)
The Unknown Terrorist (2006)
Death of a River Guide (1994)

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