# Quote — Tim Winton, In the Winter Dark

> Over the years Ida had fattened up. She sort of spread, like a garden gone wild.

- Author: [Tim Winton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton.md)
- Book: [In the Winter Dark](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/in-the-winter-dark.md)
- Page: 15
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tim_Winton#In_the_Winter_Dark_(1988)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/in-the-winter-dark/over-the-years

## More from this book

> I should have known earlier to always live like that.

p. 109 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/in-the-winter-dark/i-should-have.md)

> She wished her mouth didn't run on ahead of her so much. Her mouth was never any use to her when she needed it.

p. 46 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/in-the-winter-dark/she-wished-her.md)

> "Can you shoot?"
>
> "I s'pose you mean can I hit anything?"

p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/in-the-winter-dark/can-you-shoot.md)