Peter Carey is an Australian author best known for his novel "Illywhacker." The book follows the life of a charismatic and unreliable narrator, Herbert Badgery, as he travels across Australia and tells tall tales. Carey is a two-time winner of the Booker Prize and has written numerous other acclaimed works of fiction.
A fact is not a truth until you love it.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
The truth is not always what we want to hear.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
Lies are just a mechanism for survival.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
Every life is many days, day after day.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, ‘I’ve got responsibilities.’
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
Memory is the only friend that grief can call its own.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker
Time is a thief who leaves behind great works of art.
Peter Carey – Illywhacker