My father represented authority, which meant—to me—that he could not also represent understanding. — William Maxwell Authority Copy Share Image
It's deprivation that makes people writers, if they have it in them to be a writer. — William Maxwell Deprivation Copy Share Image
In talking about the past, we lie with every breath we draw. — William Maxwell Breath Copy Share Image
“Innocence is defined in dictionaries as freedom from guilt or sin, especially from lack of knowledge; purity of heart; blamelessness; guilelessness; simplicity,… — William maxwell Freedom Copy Share Image
A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone… — William Maxwell Gentleman Copy Share Image
