Tim Winton Quotes

Novelist

Tim Winton is an acclaimed Australian novelist known for his vivid portrayal of Australian rural life. His works often explore themes of family, friendship, and growth, and have won him a wide readership.

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Famous Tim Winton Quotes

“It is always amusing to me and delightful of course that my books sell so well in America and other parts of the world. I can't imagine what people must think as they read my books in Poland. Or in Hebrew and Greek. People are reading all the stories which are about bits of Western Australia.”

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Author:Tim Winton

“The night is full of stories. They float up like miasmas, as though the dead leave their dreams in the earth where you bury them, only to have them rise to meet you in sleep. Mostly the scenes are familiar, but sometimes everything is strange, the people unknown.”

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Book:In the Winter Dark

Source: In the Winter Dark

“It's terrifying to think you can remember things you shouldn't possibly be able to. It's like that childhood fear of having your soul slip from your body in your sleep. The darkness, those black sheets of glass sliding over you, upping the pressure, pushing you through the time and space and story.”

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Book:In the Winter Dark

Source: In the Winter Dark

“I just sit here and tell the story as though I can't help it. There's always something in the day that reminds me, that sets me off all hot and guilty and scared and rambling and wistful, like I am now.”

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Book:In the Winter Dark

Source: In the Winter Dark

“It's dark already and I'm out here again, talking, telling the story to the quiet night.”

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Book:In the Winter Dark

Source: In the Winter Dark

About the Author

Born: August 4, 1960
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 100

Books & Sources

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