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"Over the years Ida had fattened up. She sort of spread, like a garden gone wild."
"It only takes one thing to make you unhappy."

Timothy John Winton is an Australian writer. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times.
"Over the years Ida had fattened up. She sort of spread, like a garden gone wild."
"You spend your whole life trying to work out where you fit."
"I should have known earlier to always live like that."
"She held the needle to the light. It was a wonder how something sharp came down to nothing like that. She looked through the needles eye. So thats the Kingdom of Heaven, she thought. So thats all there was."
"Can you shoot?" "I spose you mean can I hit anything?"
"She wished her mouth didnt run on ahead of her so much. Her mouth was never any use to her when she needed it."