Gee Walker Quotes

Travis McGee, that big brown loose-jointed boat bum, that pale-eyed, wire-haired girl-seeker, that slayer of small savage fish, that beach-walker, gin-drinker, quip-maker, peace-seeker, iconoclast, disbeliever, argufier, that knuckly, scar-tissued reject from a structured society.

Such a simple thing, really. A truly domestic sight that sent a pang of longing through to my core. I never realised it was what I wanted. It never occurred to me that I should yearn for something so basic. Sure, I’d had times of loneliness, but I never thought to myself, gee, I wish I had someone who would sit on my floor in his pyjamas and do his work with my dog curled up at his side… well, until I saw it. Now I’m pretty sure I wanted nothing else.

Why is it that one of the best songs in the world has to be written by the BeeGees?" Benedict