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Willie Morris Quotes (displaying: 1 - 4 of 4 quotes)

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And it was to this city, whenever I went home, that I always knew I must return, for it was mistress of one's wildest hopes, protector of one's deepest privacies. It was half insane with its noise, violence, and decay, but it gave one the tender security of fulfillment. On winter afternoons, from my office, there were sunsets across Manhattan when the smog itself shimmered and glowe? Despite its difficulties, which become more obvious all the time, one was constantly put to the test by this city, which finally came down to its people; no other place in America had quite such people and they would not allow you to go stale; in the end they were its triumph and its reward.
Willie Morris
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His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.
Willie Morris
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When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it.
Willie Morris
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They had buried him under our elm tree, they said -- yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.
Willie Morris