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> [“One thing he held against the bird force was the curse of knowing always which direction he was headed in, without the vaguest idea where he was going. He headed east this time, recalling as if it were yesterday every…](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/)

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> [“ ... family men, Claude." "Then why aren't they home with their families?" "You haven't been listening to me, Claude. It takes lots of honey to raise a family these days..." No, it isn't even that, these teddy bears don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-woolf/family-men-claude-then-why-aren-t-they-home-with-their-families-you/)

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

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## Other authors on 1950s

## 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/)

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

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