The beachcomber goes looking for trouble, everything he finds is a sign of trouble. The writer is the same; without trouble he has nothing to work with, so he picks over the tide line, over the bits and pieces of people's lives with grim fascination.
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 bei… - Tim Winton
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 bei…
- Tim Winton
The health of our seas determines the future of humanity. - Tim Winton
The health of our seas determines the future of humanity.
It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing. - Tim Winton
It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing.
I don't believe there's anything cosmic or divine or morally superior about whales and dolphins or sharks or trees, but I do think that everything th… - Tim Winton
I don't believe there's anything cosmic or divine or morally superior about whales and dolphins or sharks or trees, but I do think that everything th…
For every moment the sea is peace and relief, there is another when it shivers and stirs to become chaos. It's just as ready to claim as it is to off… - Tim Winton
For every moment the sea is peace and relief, there is another when it shivers and stirs to become chaos. It's just as ready to claim as it is to off…
Whatever you believe, you need faith to get through the day. - Tim Winton
Whatever you believe, you need faith to get through the day.
The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared. - Tim Winton
The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared.
The end of the world begins in the sea we love. - Tim Winton
The end of the world begins in the sea we love.
When you're surfing you're not thinking about where you parked the car or what you're going to do when you grow up or what you're going to buy when y… - Tim Winton
When you're surfing you're not thinking about where you parked the car or what you're going to do when you grow up or what you're going to buy when y…
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