Bruce Chatwin

Bruce Charles Chatwin (13 May 1940 – 18 January 1989) was a British novelist and travel writer.

Quotes

 * Even today, when an Aboriginal mother notices the first stirrings of speech in her child, she lets it handle the "things" of that particular country: leaves, fruit, insects and so forth. "We give our children guns and computer games," Wendy said. "They gave their children the land."
 * The Songlines (Penguin, 1987, ISBN 0140094296, p. 270)


 * To lose a passport was the least of one's worries. To lose a notebook was a catastrophe.
 * The Songlines (Penguin, 1987, ISBN 0140094296, p. 160)