Quotes by : William Maxwell

The world (including Drapervilleh is not a nice place, and the innocent and the young have to take their....

There is nothing so difficult to arrive at as the nature and personality of one's parents. Death, about....

If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.'(from....

Innocence is defined in dictionaries as freedom from guilt or sin, especially from lack of knowledge;....

Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.

It seemed like a mistake. And mistakes ought to be rectified, only this one couldn't be. Between the....

It is impossible to say why people put so little value on complete happiness.

When he turned and walked into the living room he knew instantly why it was that he hadn’t wanted to....

They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread....

What we, or at any rate what I, refer to confidently as memory--meaning a moment, a scene, a fact that....