“God grant us the courage to change those things we can, the serenity to accept the things we can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
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Bruce Pike, or 'Pikelet', has lived all his short life in a tiny sawmilling town from where the thundering sea can be heard at night. He longs to be down there on the beach, amidst the pounding waves, but for some reason his parents forbid him. It's only when he befriends Loonie, the local wild boy, that he finally defies them.
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Tim Winton
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“God grant us the courage to change those things we can, the serenity to accept the things we can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
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“How weightless words are when nothing will do.”
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“It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.”
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“Gospel The new grass rising in the hills, the cows loitering in the morning chill, a dozen or more old browns hidden in the shadows of the cottonwoods beside the streambed. I go higher to wh...”
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