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> [I came across a photograph of him not long ago... his black face, the long snout sniffing at something in the air, his tail straight and pointing, his eyes flashing in some momentary excitement. Looking at a faded photograph taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/i-came-across-a-photograph-of-him-not-long-ago-his-black-face-the/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

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## More by Willie Morris

> [When I started driving our old four-door green DeSoto, I always took Skip on my trips around town. I would get Skip to prop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/when-i-started-driving-our-old-four-door-green-desoto-i-always-took/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/when-a-writer-knows-home-in-his-heart-his-heart-must-remain-subtly/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [My mother's people, the people who captured my imagination when I was growing up, were of the Deep South - emotional, changeable, touched with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/my-mother-s-people-the-people-who-captured-my-imagination-when-i-was/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [I came across a photograph of him not long ago... his black face, the long snout sniffing at something in the air, his tail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/i-came-across-a-photograph-of-him-not-long-ago-his-black-face-the/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/and-it-was-to-this-city-whenever-i-went-home-that-i-always-knew-i/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/his-claim-to-his-home-is-deep-but-there-are-too-many-ghosts-he-must/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [“They had buried him under our elm tree, they said -- yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/they-had-buried-him-under-our-elm-tree-they-said-yet-this-was-not/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [I can think of no one more qualified to write about the modern South than Curtis Wilkie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/i-can-think-of-no-one-more-qualified-to-write-about-the-modern-south/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [The dog of your boyhood teaches you a great deal about friendship, and love, and death: Old Skip was my brother. They had buried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/the-dog-of-your-boyhood-teaches-you-a-great-deal-about-friendship-and/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [As with many Southern Writers, I believe that the special quality of the land itself indelibly shapes the people who dwell upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/as-with-many-southern-writers-i-believe-that-the-special-quality-of/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

> [I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has been to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-morris/i-have-always-had-a-love-for-american-geography-and-especially-for/)

[Willie Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-morris/)

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