What did William Maxwell mean by: His sadness was of the kind that is patient and without hope. William Maxwell Author · USA Copy
It’s deprivation that makes people writers, if they have it in them to be a writer. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Maxwell, Creativity, Deprivation, Motivation, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
The nail doesn’t choose the time or the circumstances in which it is drawn to the magnet Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Maxwell, Connection, Control, Fate, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
+ A writer is a reader who is moved to emulation. Author, July 22, 2023January 2, 2025, William Maxwell, Inspiration, Reading, Writing, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
+ Your reader is at least as bright as you are Author, September 6, 2023January 2, 2025, William Maxwell, Empowerment, Equality, Understanding, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Maxwell, Darkness, Happiness, Light, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
The reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Maxwell, Destiny, Lack, Powerlessness, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
It was lovely when you found students who responded to things you were enthusiastic about. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Maxwell, Connection, Education, Enthusiasm, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
Love, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Maxwell, Love, Obscurity, Photography, 0 William Maxwell Author · USA
The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
