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# Tom Winton

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##  Quotes by Tom Winton

> [“A writer must ask the tough questions. It’s the only way to get to the heart of the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-winton/a-writer-must-ask-the-tough-questions-it-s-the-only-way-to-get-to-the/)

[Tom Winton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-winton/)

[Tough questions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-questions/)

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> [“You never finish writing a novel, you eventually abandon it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-winton/you-never-finish-writing-a-novel-you-eventually-abandon-it/)

[Tom Winton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-winton/)

[Abandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon/)

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> [“I once believed soft, warm, beautiful things could never flourish in an environment of hard concrete and cold, dark bricks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-winton/i-once-believed-soft-warm-beautiful-things-could-never-flourish-in-an/)

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[Bricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bricks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/tom-winton-66895_florida_i-once-believed-soft-warm-beautiful-thin_1513743.jpg)

> [“A man can learn from his past mistakes, and he should, but reliving them…that does absolutely no good. If you rehash all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-winton/a-man-can-learn-from-his-past-mistakes-and-he-should-but-reliving/)

[Tom Winton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-winton/)

[Choices and decisions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices-and-decisions/)

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