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title: "1 Said Writer Quotes By Dorothy B. Hughes"
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> [“He finished his drink. 'I don’t like mornings either,' he said. “That’s why I’m a writer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/he-finished-his-drink-i-don-t-like-mornings-either-he-said-that-s-why/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

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## More by Dorothy B. Hughes

> [“He finished his drink. 'I don’t like mornings either,' he said. “That’s why I’m a writer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/he-finished-his-drink-i-don-t-like-mornings-either-he-said-that-s-why/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [Nobody can take away your future. Nobody can take away something you don't have yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/nobody-can-take-away-your-future-nobody-can-take-away-something-you/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [“He'd always had a quickening of the heart when he crossed into Arizona and beheld the cactus country. This was as the desert should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/he-d-always-had-a-quickening-of-the-heart-when-he-crossed-into/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [“Once he’d had happiness but for so brief a time; happiness was made of quicksilver, it ran out of your hand like quicksilver. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/once-he-d-had-happiness-but-for-so-brief-a-time-happiness-was-made-of/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [“There were no passing cars to call out to. You couldn’t call for help from a police car, anyway; he didn’t think you could.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/there-were-no-passing-cars-to-call-out-to-you-couldn-t-call-for-help/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [“Wondering at the loneliness of the new dead, remembering Kitten and Kitten’s need for light and life. She had no sorrow for Kitten dead;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/wondering-at-the-loneliness-of-the-new-dead-remembering-kitten-and/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [“He scraped through the dark sand to the center house, two stories, both pouring bands of light into the fog. There was warmth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/he-scraped-through-the-dark-sand-to-the-center-house-two-stories-both/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [I was born when you kissed me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/i-was-born-when-you-kissed-me/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [“They were one unto the other, a circle whirling evenly, effortlessly, endlessly. He knew beauty and the intensity of a dream and he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/they-were-one-unto-the-other-a-circle-whirling-evenly-effortlessly/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [It’s harder to come back than it is to arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/it-s-harder-to-come-back-than-it-is-to-arrive/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

> [Liquor is such a nice substitute for facing adult life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-b-hughes/liquor-is-such-a-nice-substitute-for-facing-adult-life/)

[Dorothy B. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-b-hughes/)

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