103 Quotes by Tim Winton

You look great, he said. Oh, get fucked, she said, grinning.

Will you look at us by the river! The whole restless mob of us on spread blankets in the dreamy briny sunshine skylarking and chiacking about for one day, one clear, clean, sweet day in a good world in the midst of our living. Yachts run before an unfelt gust with bagnecked pelicans riding above them, the city their twitching backdrop, all blocks and points of mirror light down to the water's edge.

It’s the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they’re what keeps life from being meaningless.

I meant to slip away, he said, busking it now.

The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared.

Keely’s pulse quickened. A stab of apprehension. He was the same at any live performance, suddenly anxious for the players. So stupid; these people were professional muscicians. But the way his throat narrowed they could have all been kds at a school recital. His kids.

It’s funny, but you never really think much about breathing. Until it’s all you ever think about.

He’d worn himself ragged with second-guessing until his head felt like a tinful of bees.

We rise to a challenge and set a course. We take a decision. You put your mind to something. Just deciding to do it gets you halfway there. Daring to try.