Top 10 Quotes by Steven Herrick

She taught me what's important, and what isn't. And I've never forgotten. And that's what mothers do, I say.

Mother, Important, Taught

Steven Herrick (2004). “A Place Like this”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

My father said to remember your enemies as well as your friends, and don't trust either of them.

Father, Enemy, Remember

Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside.

Men, Tragedy, Calm

I’m alone with the ghost of the swamp, somewhere near the weeping willows.

Swamps, Weeping Willows, Ghost

I work hard in the orchard, not for the money anymore, but for something I can't explain. Something worth more than money.

Hard Work, Orchard, Hard

Steven Herrick (2004). “A Place Like this”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

and I'm thinking as our bodies meet that I'll remember this forever, and i just hope it's for all the right reasons.

Thinking, Forever, Body

Steven Herrick (2014). “Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair”, University of Queensland Press

Two Arts degrees does not a life make.

Art, Two, Degrees

Steven Herrick (2013). “A Place Like This”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

After the war I was going to make up for lost time. But the time I spent away, it's still lost. No matter what I do, it stays lost.

War, Matter, Lost

He looks a hell of a lot like me, only a fair bit older.

Dad, Father, Looks

I'm drinking away the exam results that don't take me anywhere.

Drinking, Exam, Results

Steven Herrick (2004). “A Place Like this”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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