# Quote — Tim Winton, The Riders

> "It's the saddest sight to see, Scully, a man lettin his own life slip through his hands."

- Author: [Tim Winton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton.md)
- Book: [The Riders](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/the-riders.md)
- Page: 68
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tim_Winton#The_Riders_(1994)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/the-riders/its-the-saddest

## More from this book

> Maybe old Pete-the-Post was right - you never really know anybody, not even those you loved. People have shadows, secrets.

p. 223 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/the-riders/maybe-old-pete-the-post.md)

> But Paris was a black hole, somewhere where Jennifer came hard up against the wall of her limitations while all he could do was stand by and watch.

p. 72 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/the-riders/but-paris-was.md)

> The also-rans will inherit the earth, the whelps, the meek and the fucking nice, and that's what he can no longer stand.

p. 163 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-winton/the-riders/the-also-rans-will.md)