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Quotes from The Turning — Tim Winton

born 1960 Australia

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6 quotes

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

The Turning (2004)

It's a survival thing, making yourself a small target.

The Turning (2004)

It seemed that these were Joneses who didn't need much keeping up with.

The Turning (2004)

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

The Turning (2004)

She was sick of conversations with people passing through. Nothing you said to each other mattered a damn because you'd never see them again.

The Turning (2004)

Though it seemed so beautiful, the world around us was eternally dangerous. The price of spiritual freedom, we learnt, was eternal vigilance. Such a high price for so long.

The Turning (2004)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tim Winton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.