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> [“They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread of resistance gave way and I understood not only how entirely generous they were but also that generosity might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-maxwell/they-looked-at-me-and-were-so-full-of-delight-in-the-pleasure-they/)

[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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