Steven Herrick Quotes & Sayings

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. — Steven Herrick

Her body begs to be taken away and put into a warm bed with the sheets pulled high, even though nothing can help now. — Steven Herrick

But when I look at this farm I keep thinking it's not whether I have the guts to go but if I have the guts to stay. — Steven Herrick

Wandering from room to room discovering another side to the moon. — Steven Herrick

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

So, we skipped Annabel, and discussed condoms. I said I liked the orange ones, and we ended our talk in laughter. — Steven Herrick

And I feel like a real Dad when I read to her at night. She won't sleep without one story, at least. — Steven Herrick

Emma says after I was born I cried for days. She said I'd never shut up which is funny really because Dad says I never shut up now so maybe that's what happens, you get born and act the same your whole life. — Steven Herrick

People say the beach is the great equaliser
Who are they kidding?
Sit at Bondi and watch the boys flex
And the girls walk bolt upright
It looks like a nightmare episode of Baywatch.
The true equaliser is the mountain cold
And stacks of cold flung together
Maybe then we'd listen to what each other is saying
Instead of checking out the best bods.
And as I wrap another layer
Around my Size 10
I think of Jack's favourite saying:
"today's tan is tomorrow's cancer"
I walk outside
And whistle at the wind. — Steven Herrick

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

I'm not sure if my dream is a dream, or a nightmare. — Steven Herrick

I'm dreaming of a month of Sundays. — Steven Herrick

Cowards don't always hide. Sometimes, they're so gutless they need to stand out. — Steven Herrick

He hands the page to his wife and looks across the room to Colleen's picture, listening to her absence, breathing deeply the air she can't share. — Steven Herrick

I decide to make the most of the time we got left before she gets too big for this small town. — Steven Herrick

Pretty girls kissed me on victory day, their lips soft red petals brushing my face. — Steven Herrick

I walked out of his room sure I'd said the right thing maybe not as a father but as a Dad. I'd said the right thing, for once in my life. — Steven Herrick

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

As I stood on the lonely backroad, I'm sure I heard birds, kookaburras, laughing ... — Steven Herrick

I'm glad she left me the kids. I'd be lost without them. Lost and bitter. With them here, I'm only bitter. — Steven Herrick

Our great adventure ran out of petrol and stopped on this farm. — Steven Herrick

He did what he could, and that was more than enough. — Steven Herrick

I'd go off alone,
because you can't trust those who want to break the rules and you certainly can't trust those who make the rules so you do the only thing possible,
you avoid the rules. — Steven Herrick

Nobody in school is stronger than me. But when Sally Holmes kissed me, I never felt so weak in all my life. — Steven Herrick

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

I'm thinking about babies. Emma's baby. Jack and my baby. Growing in my mind, if not in my womb. — Steven Herrick

It was a good apple too. A good apple, picked by a madman on a full moon night. — Steven Herrick

I've tried praying. It gives me comfort. But not as much as a cup of tea and a ginger nut biscuit. — Steven Herrick

I tell him about ... Jack and Annabel, smart and ready and I'm wondering where all that smart comes from and I figure some from parents, some from school, and some from a place inside you. — Steven Herrick

She didn't have an answer for that. People like her only ever have questions. — Steven Herrick

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. — Steven Herrick

Two Arts degrees does not a life make. — Steven Herrick

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

I'm alone with the ghost of the swamp, somewhere near the weeping willows. — Steven Herrick

He walks through the house of his past, hoping he'll find the right door, hoping he'll find the key. — Steven Herrick

I tell him everything as we walk. Maybe so he won't be disappointed being born into a place like this. — Steven Herrick

He looks again towards the door, expecting Mum to walk in and remind him of something he's forgotten. He smiles awkwardly.
'Is that it, Dad? I've got to go.'
'Your Mum said I should mention ... um ... satisfaction.'
'What!'
'She said young men should know things, should be told things so that the girl won't be ... ' his eyes plead for understanding, ' ... disappointed.'
[ ... ] 'No worries, Dad. My biology teacher said I was a natural.'
Dad looks confused.
'I'm kidding, Dad.'
[ ... ] Poor bloke, having to do the dirty work while Mum's off with her gang.
'Dad? What did Grandpa tell you about sex?'
'He said if I got a girl pregnant, he'd kill me. — Steven Herrick

I know that today, with a full tank, and with Annabel, that it's time to go. — Steven Herrick

I rush to her side and touch her cold skin, hoping against hope for a pulse. — 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. — Steven Herrick

Jack reads too many books. He thinks we're going to drive all year and have great adventures. — Steven Herrick