"Breath" Quotes
"Breath" by Tim Winton explores the intense and transformative friendship between two teenage boys and a thrill-seeking adult surfer, delving into themes of risk, identity, and the search for meaning.
fiction | 218 pages | Published in 2008
Quotes
You're looking for what you've lost, but what you've lost is some part of yourself that you've forgotten, that you've mislaid along the way.
You don’t have to be a hero to accomplish great things—to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.
The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun.
The sea was making a big noise now, a great heaving roar and a sucking and a hissing.
Every single wave is unique, because it carries the imprint of the wind that made it.
The ocean was like a wine that had been breathing all night. It had the heady warmth of a living thing.
It's the living that give me pause. The dead are dead and the living are alive and they're not the same thing.
You never know how you’ll be remembered, all you can do is live in such a way that you’ll be admired.
The rules were the same for everyone and anyone who wanted to could have a go. It was a matter of commitment and endurance.
We’re all in the same boat, in a society of victims. It’s not only the ocean that’s dangerous and cruel.
