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I knew from hunting food the thing you need most of isn't water or ammo, it's patience.

— Tim Winton The Shepherd's Hut (2018)

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"It's the saddest sight to see, Scully, a man lettin his own life slip through his hands."

The Riders (1994)

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

Cloudstreet (1991)

There isn't one thing in the world hot and hard as knowing there's someone waiting, coming, pressing, wanting you.

The Shepherd's Hut (2018)

"Hoping is what people do when they're too lazy to do anything else."

Cloudstreet (1991)

You spend your whole life trying to work out where you fit.

That Eye, the Sky (1986)

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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.

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The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

Leo Tolstoy War and Peace (1865)

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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