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title: "2 Kitchen table Quotes By William Maxwell"
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> [“But he was careful. He didn’t make a simple remark without rehearsing it beforehand. And he continually removed the expression from his face lest it be the wrong one, and give him away. He also avoided any strong light, such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/but-he-was-careful-he-didn-t-make-a-simple-remark-without-rehearsing/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

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> [Sometimes she goes out to work as a practical nurse, and comes home and sits by the kitchen table soaking her feet in a pan of hot water and Epsom salts. When she gets into bed and the springs creak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/sometimes-she-goes-out-to-work-as-a-practical-nurse-and-comes-home/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

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## More by William Maxwell

> [“There is nothing so difficult to arrive at as the nature and personality of one's parents. Death, about which so much mystery is made,is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/there-is-nothing-so-difficult-to-arrive-at-as-the-nature-and/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [It was lovely when you found students who responded to things you were enthusiastic about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/it-was-lovely-when-you-found-students-who-responded-to-things-you/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out the side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/reading-is-rapture-or-if-it-isn-t-i-put-the-book-down-meaning-to-go/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/if-you-turn-the-imagination-loose-like-a-hunting-dog-it-will-often/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [I had inadvertently walked through a door that I shouldn’t have gone through and couldn’t get back to the place I hadn’t meant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/i-had-inadvertently-walked-through-a-door-that-i-shouldn-t-have-gone/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [“Whether they are part of a home or home is a part of them is not a question children are prepared to answer. Having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/whether-they-are-part-of-a-home-or-home-is-a-part-of-them-is-not-a/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/happiness-is-the-light-on-the-water-the-water-is-cold-and-dark-and/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [Love, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/love-even-of-the-most-ardent-and-soul-destroying-kind-is-never-caught/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [The nail doesn't choose the time or the circumstances in which it is drawn to the magnet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/the-nail-doesn-t-choose-the-time-or-the-circumstances-in-which-it-is/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [“If your first plan fails, try another!” – Napoleon Hill If”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/if-your-first-plan-fails-try-another-napoleon-hill-if/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [The reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/the-reason-life-is-so-strange-is-that-so-often-people-have-no-choice/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/if-i-had-had-to-write-only-about-imaginary-people-i-would-have-had-to/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [“Without the heavy set aristocratic man snoring away on his side of the bed, without the fresh-eyed child whose hair ribbon needs retying; without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/without-the-heavy-set-aristocratic-man-snoring-away-on-his-side-of/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [“For most people, having company for more than three of four days is a serious mistake, the equivalent to sawing a large hole in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/for-most-people-having-company-for-more-than-three-of-four-days-is-a/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

> [“But he was careful. He didn’t make a simple remark without rehearsing it beforehand. And he continually removed the expression from his face lest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/but-he-was-careful-he-didn-t-make-a-simple-remark-without-rehearsing/)

[William Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-maxwell/)

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