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> [“A writer lives, at least, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all. To transmit that feeling, he writes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/a-writer-lives-at-least-in-a-state-of-astonishment-beneath-any/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

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> [A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/a-writer-lives-at-best-in-a-state-of-astonishment-beneath-any-feeling/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

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## Other authors on Astonishment

- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

## More by William Sansom

> [“A writer lives, at least, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/a-writer-lives-at-least-in-a-state-of-astonishment-beneath-any/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

> [“Trees are green gold”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/trees-are-green-gold/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

> [“What is the colour of Christmas? Red? The red of the toyshops on a dark winter’s afternoon, Of Father Christmas and the robin’s breast?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/what-is-the-colour-of-christmas-red-the-red-of-the-toyshops-on-a-dark/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

> [“Tall, black-haired, rouged, Kaiser-moustached, he cackled and screamed in weird attitudes, giggling in high soprano, hiding his little black teeth behind an exquisitely gloved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/tall-black-haired-rouged-kaiser-moustached-he-cackled-and-screamed-in/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

> [London is a bad habit one hates to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/london-is-a-bad-habit-one-hates-to-lose/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

> [A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/a-status-symbol-is-an-instrument-you-clash-when-you-want-someone-to/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

> [“He already knew that life was largely illusion, that though wonderful things could happen, nevertheless as many disappointments came in compensation: and he knew,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/he-already-knew-that-life-was-largely-illusion-that-though-wonderful/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

> [A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sansom/a-writer-lives-at-best-in-a-state-of-astonishment-beneath-any-feeling/)

[William Sansom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sansom/)

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