Tim Winton Quotes

Australian novelist, short story writer, children's writer and screenwriter (born 1960)

Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. He has written many novels, as well as children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories.

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Birth Name: Timothy John Winton

Alternative Names: Timothy J. Winton • T. J. Winton • T. Winton • Winton, Timothy John • Уинтон, Тим • Тим Уинтон • Т. Уинтон

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It does you good to be tenants. It reminds you of your own true position in the world.

The past is in us, and not behind us. Things are never over.

Still you can't keep doing the coulda and the woulda and the shoulda. And if there's one thing I know it's this. Doesn't matter how smart you are, or even how careful or lucky, there's some mistakes you just keep making over and over.

All the big things hurt, the things you remember. If it doesn't hurt it's not important.

"Sometimes it's a mighty struggle to know what's real and what's just . . . a mirage. You understand?" "Yeah," I said.

His wife was a good woman, and he understood that. But he remembered what the minister at Margaret River used to say - the good are fierce.

But Paris was a black hole, somewhere where Jennifer came hard up against the wall of her limitations while all he could do was stand by and watch.