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> [“So he stopped at the first of them, a frigid hothouse whose front tipped forward over the street in defiance of gravity, taste, and ordinance; inside, the tender daytime flowers could be seen huddling in family groups beneath a constant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/so-he-stopped-at-the-first-of-them-a-frigid-hothouse-whose-front/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

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> [“With such luck as this, he rode the beast in the jaunty way that she deserved, back north, seemingly back from Mexico, pulling up finally at an outlying bar-ex-saloon (they had covered the old adobe face with knotty pine, substituted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/with-such-luck-as-this-he-rode-the-beast-in-the-jaunty-way-that-she/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

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## More by Douglas Woolf

> [“They looked so familiar that for a moment Claude feared he had doubled back to Mrs. Merritt's city, until a sudden wave of water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/they-looked-so-familiar-that-for-a-moment-claude-feared-he-had/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“With daylight (it was exactly a week since he last dressed for the office) he found himself passing through farmland over which a light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/with-daylight-it-was-exactly-a-week-since-he-last-dressed-for-the/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“Beside him Mr. Harris folded his morning newspaper and held it out to Claude. "Seen this yet?" "No." "Don't read it," Mr. Harris said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/beside-him-mr-harris-folded-his-morning-newspaper-and-held-it-out-to/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“Lured by smooth roads onto a new turnpike, he read with surprise the rules he was handed, don't stop, don't turn around, pay when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/lured-by-smooth-roads-onto-a-new-turnpike-he-read-with-surprise-the/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“He died of a breaking heart," Pete said, making a stout log fence of his hands around the glove compartment and leaning forward to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/he-died-of-a-breaking-heart-pete-said-making-a-stout-log-fence-of-his/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“Outside he hurried again, for he had several blocks to walk and the beer turned out to be no more than cool. He told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/outside-he-hurried-again-for-he-had-several-blocks-to-walk-and-the/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“Twentyone is too old to go anywhere alone, you know that. I want to go with someone. I don't mean as a bride, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/twentyone-is-too-old-to-go-anywhere-alone-you-know-that-i-want-to-go/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“Yet he could not enjoy the walk. In the morning especially a bougainvillaea looks handmade, lawns are always lawns, and it is true indeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/yet-he-could-not-enjoy-the-walk-in-the-morning-especially-a/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“He awoke on the desert gliding at seventyfive, to see a single great headlight topping a rise not far off and bearing toward him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/he-awoke-on-the-desert-gliding-at-seventyfive-to-see-a-single-great/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“One thing he held against the bird force was the curse of knowing always which direction he was headed in, without the vaguest idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/one-thing-he-held-against-the-bird-force-was-the-curse-of-knowing/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“He found the building in front of which he had stood in the sun all day waiting to be discharged, in which the crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/he-found-the-building-in-front-of-which-he-had-stood-in-the-sun-all/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“Closing the door, Claudine looked at him. She looked at him, and while he waited for some expression to come to her face he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/closing-the-door-claudine-looked-at-him-she-looked-at-him-and-while/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“So he stopped at the first of them, a frigid hothouse whose front tipped forward over the street in defiance of gravity, taste, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/so-he-stopped-at-the-first-of-them-a-frigid-hothouse-whose-front/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“So they drove again, Vivien sitting up and looking now, but as navigator only, letting the desert scratch its own thorny poetry on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/so-they-drove-again-vivien-sitting-up-and-looking-now-but-as/)

[Douglas Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-woolf/)

> [“Whether or not, he felt very much at home in this state. It was to places like this that they had sent him all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/whether-or-not-he-felt-very-much-at-home-in-this-state-it-was-to/)

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