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Wallace Stegner Quotes

Wallace Stegner quotes

American Novelist February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993

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It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led West. Wallace Stegner
There is one thing above all others that I despise. It is fingers, especially female fingers, messing around in my guts. My guts, like Victorian marriage, are private. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully..."
Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "Hope was always out ahead of fact, possibility obscured the..."
Hope was always out ahead of fact, possibility obscured the outlines of reality. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "I hope they have found enough pleasure along the way so that..."
I hope they have found enough pleasure along the way so that they don't want it ended Wallace Stegner
It is not queer, and both desolating and comforting, how, with all associations broken, one forms new ones, as a broken bone thickens in healing. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "you must have brought something. Books? I never saw you..."
...you must have brought something. Books? I never saw you without a green bag of books. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "[I]t is dangerous for a bride to be apologetic about her husband."
[I]t is dangerous for a bride to be apologetic about her husband. Wallace Stegner
Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "Hard writing makes easy reading" - Crossing to safety."
Hard writing makes easy reading" - Crossing to safety. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "Hard writing makes easy reading."
Hard writing makes easy reading. Wallace Stegner
What if I can't turn my head? I can look in any direction by turning my wheelchair, and I choose to look back. Rodman to the contrary notwithstanding, that is the only direction we can learn from. Wallace Stegner
You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its..."
A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its heart has been cut out. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept."
Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept. Wallace Stegner

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