Tim Winton: Quotes about thinking

Tim Winton is Australian writer. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.

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“It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.”

Tim Winton book Breath

Source: Breath

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

Tim Winton book Breath

Source: Breath

“It's one thing to think someone's stupid. And fair enough if you need them to be. But you can't go banking on it. That's a mug's game.”

Part III, Ch.5 - p.250
The Shepherd's Hut (2018)

“I suspect that God is what you do, not what or who you believe in. When you do right, Jaxie, when you make good - well, then you are an instrument of God. Then you are joined to the divine, to the life force, to life itself. That's what I believe. That's what I hope for. And it's what I have missed. Think of it this way. When somebody does me a kindness, it enlarges me, adds to my life, you see? And not only mine - it adds to all life.”

Part III, Ch.3 - p.233
The Shepherd's Hut (2018)

“Honestly, sometimes you'd rather be a dog. A mutt doesn't torture itself with thinking.”

Part I, Ch.5 - p.37
The Shepherd's Hut (2018)