The Season Helen Garner Quotes

It was early summer. And everything, as it always does, began to heave and change.

I never notice whether you’re here or not.’ This is what I’ve wanted, right from the first training, back in February—it’s what I thought I wanted, and bragged about having—the invisibility of the witness. When he whacks it down like that, though, it stings.

It doesn’t matter if I’m not there. No one needs me. I’m not essential after all. I’m only a witness. It’s one of the sporadic bursts of reality that grandparents have to bear. You’re making a serious mistake if you start to think you’re near the centre. You’re on the periphery. You’re a servant. A hanger-on. And soon you’ll be dead.