--- title: "3 Bill Clegg Quotes" description: "William Robert \"Bill\" Clegg is an American literary agent and author. His first two memoirs detail his addiction to crack cocaine. His debut novel, Did ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/bill-clegg-75978_first-time_and-the-waves-will-sound-to-them-as-they_1437333.jpg" --- # Bill Clegg **3** quotes in **2** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet William Robert "Bill" Clegg is an American literary agent and author. His first two memoirs detail his addiction to crack cocaine. His debut novel, Did You Ever Have a Family, received offers from four publishers and was longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. ## Quotes by Bill Clegg > [“And the waves will sound to them as they did to us the first time we heard them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-clegg/and-the-waves-will-sound-to-them-as-they-did-to-us-the-first-time-we/) [Bill Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-clegg/) [First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/bill-clegg-75978_first-time_and-the-waves-will-sound-to-them-as-they_1437333.jpg) > [“Who had been fighting with someone they loved? Going at it long enough to unleash the irretrievable words they knew to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-clegg/who-had-been-fighting-with-someone-they-loved-going-at-it-long-enough/) [Bill Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-clegg/) [Words Knew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-knew-493727/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/bill-clegg-75978_words-knew_who-had-been-fighting-with-someone-they_2524500.jpg) > [“It's funny to think that the wind has a shape but it does. It becomes visible every once in a while -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-clegg/it-s-funny-to-think-that-the-wind-has-a-shape-but-it-does-it-becomes/) [Bill Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-clegg/) [Child Sees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child-sees-394136/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/bill-clegg-75978_child-sees_it-s-funny-to-think-that-the-wind-has-a_2869827.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-clegg/#itemlist", "name": "Bill Clegg Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And the waves will sound to them as they did to us the first time we heard them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Clegg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-clegg/and-the-waves-will-sound-to-them-as-they-did-to-us-the-first-time-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/bill-clegg-75978_first-time_and-the-waves-will-sound-to-them-as-they_1437333.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/bill-clegg-75978_first-time_and-the-waves-will-sound-to-them-as-they_1437333.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/bill-clegg-75978_first-time_and-the-waves-will-sound-to-them-as-they_1437333.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And the waves will sound to them as they did to us the first time we heard them.” — Bill Clegg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Who had been fighting with someone they loved? 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