‘I know Shane’s a film, darlin’. But somebody wrote it, didn’t they? And whoever he was, he knew. He bloody knew!/em>’
– Bimbo Jardine, to Sue Cater, White Knight Black Swann
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‘He once said to me that you shouldn’t never do nothin’ if your heart aint in it. So if you can’t do it, no ‘ard feelins, eh?‘
– Bimbo Jardine, to Reverend Richard Kilbey, White Knight Black Swan
‘You can never get out of this life alive, dear.‘
– Adrian, to Bimbo Jardine, White Knight Black Swan
‘What I am telling you is about life. It is so easy to compromise, to tell yourself it does not matter. Or someone else will do it if you don’t. It always matters.’
– Stepney, to Bimbo Jardine, White Knight Black Swan
‘I know Shane’s a film, darlin’. But somebody wrote it, didn’t they? And whoever he was, he knew. He bloody knew! He knew broken bones wasn’t so special. Somebody gives that to ya. But they’ll mend. But when they make you eat shit, they’re taking somethin’ away. And you don’t never get it back.’
– Bimbo Jardine, to Sue Cater, White Knight Black Swan
‘I am reminded of the rather lovely story of the woman who died. She had attended church every day of her life, but had never done a single kind deed for anyone. She went to Heaven. When she arrived an angel led her down a street of mansions, further down a street of fine houses, on to a series of terraced dwellings and finally to a shanty shack at the edge of an old wasteground. “Here is your home,” he said. “But this is terrible,” she told him. “I know,” he replied, “but it was all we could build with the material you sent up.”‘
– Reverend Richard Kilbey, to Joseph Evans, White Knight Black Swan
‘You ever read Plutarch? Greek. Clever man. He pointed out that great empires are not destroyed by great events. It’s always the small, seemingly insignificant things that cause worlds to crumble.’
– Sgt Don Dodds, to Detective Constable Ian Sunley, White Knight Black Swan
‘This is not some idle theory, and I do not wish you to patronise me. What I am telling you is about life. It is so easy to compromise, to tell yourself it does not matter. Or someone else will do it if you don’t. It always matters. The world can crush us and kill us, but the most terrifying injuries are always from within. Our own deeds. They can torment us with whips of fire.’
– Stepney, to Bimbo Jardine, White Knight Black Swan