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John Edward Williams quotes: She has always seemed to me the epitome of womankind: coldly suspicious, politely ill-tempered, and narrowly selfish. She has always seemed to me the epitome of womankind: coldly suspicious, politely ill-tempered, and narrowly selfish.
John Edward Williams quotes: He looked at them curiously, as if he had not seen them before, and felt very distant from them and very close to them. He looked at them curiously, as if he had not seen them before, and felt very distant from them and very close to them.
John Edward Williams quotes: A WEEK BEFORE commencement, at which Stoner was to receive his doctorate, Archer Sloane offered him a full-time instructorship at the University. A WEEK BEFORE commencement, at which Stoner was to receive his doctorate, Archer Sloane offered him a full-time instructorship at the University.
John Edward Williams quotes: One must be prepared to suffer for one's beliefs. One must be prepared to suffer for one's beliefs.
John Edward Williams quotes: Lust and learning. That's really all there is, isn't it? Lust and learning. That's really all there is, isn't it?
John Edward Williams quotes: Deliberately, as if committing himself to something, he stepped forward and walked down the path to the porch and knocked on the front door. Deliberately, as if committing himself to something, he stepped forward and walked down the path to the porch and knocked on the front door.
John Edward Williams quotes: No, sir, Stoner said, and the decisiveness of his voice surprised him. He thought with some wonder of the decision he had suddenly made. No, sir, Stoner said, and the decisiveness of his voice surprised him. He thought with some wonder of the decision he had suddenly made.
John Edward Williams quotes: She turned to him and pulled her lips in what he knew must be a smile. Not at all. I'm having a lovely time. Really. She turned to him and pulled her lips in what he knew must be a smile. Not at all. I'm having a lovely time. Really.
John Edward Williams quotes: But we were never really - together. Even when we made love. But we were never really - together. Even when we made love.
John Edward Williams quotes: While they talked they remembered the years of their youth, and each thought of the other as he had been at another time. While they talked they remembered the years of their youth, and each thought of the other as he had been at another time.
John Edward Williams quotes: Busying herself with inconsequential tasks. Busying herself with inconsequential tasks.
John Edward Williams quotes: To care not for one's self is of little moment, but to care not for those whom one has loved is another matter. To care not for one's self is of little moment, but to care not for those whom one has loved is another matter.
John Edward Williams quotes: The strongest of us are but the puniest weaklings, are but tinkling cymbals and sounding brass, before the eternal mystery. The strongest of us are but the puniest weaklings, are but tinkling cymbals and sounding brass, before the eternal mystery.
John Edward Williams quotes: He did his work at the University as he did his work on the farm - thoroughly, conscientiously, with neither pleasure nor distress. He did his work at the University as he did his work on the farm - thoroughly, conscientiously, with neither pleasure nor distress.
John Edward Williams quotes: Rather awkwardly shy and therefore at times defensive and rather too assertive Rather awkwardly shy and therefore at times defensive and rather too assertive
John Edward Williams quotes: Stoner said to Finch, I have no wish to retire before I have to, merely to accommodate a whim of Professor Lomax. Stoner said to Finch, I have no wish to retire before I have to, merely to accommodate a whim of Professor Lomax.
John Edward Williams quotes: Every victory enlarges the magnitude of our possible defeat. Every victory enlarges the magnitude of our possible defeat.
John Edward Williams quotes: The dying are selfish, he thought; they want their moments to themselves, like children. The dying are selfish, he thought; they want their moments to themselves, like children.
John Edward Williams quotes: When at last he came to his decision, it seemed to him that he had known all along what it would be. When at last he came to his decision, it seemed to him that he had known all along what it would be.
John Edward Williams quotes: But there is much that cannot go into books, and that is the loss with which I become increasingly concerned. But there is much that cannot go into books, and that is the loss with which I become increasingly concerned.
John Edward Williams quotes: But the required survey of English literature troubled and disquieted him in a way nothing had ever done before. But the required survey of English literature troubled and disquieted him in a way nothing had ever done before.
John Edward Williams quotes: They walked with some purpose, yet without particular hurry, They walked with some purpose, yet without particular hurry,
John Edward Williams quotes: She seemed happy, though perhaps a bit desperately so She seemed happy, though perhaps a bit desperately so
John Edward Williams quotes: Beneath his awe, he had a sudden sense of security and serenity he had never felt before. Beneath his awe, he had a sudden sense of security and serenity he had never felt before.
John Edward Williams quotes: He was our enemy, but as it is strange, after so many years the death of an old enemy is like the death of an old friend. He was our enemy, but as it is strange, after so many years the death of an old enemy is like the death of an old friend.
John Edward Williams quotes: His mother regarded her life patiently, as if it were a long moment that she had to endure. His mother regarded her life patiently, as if it were a long moment that she had to endure.
John Edward Williams quotes: For my friends do not desert me, and life stays; for those two things I must be grateful. For my friends do not desert me, and life stays; for those two things I must be grateful.
John Edward Williams quotes: Finch turned to the other men and without raising his voice managed to call out to them. Finch turned to the other men and without raising his voice managed to call out to them.
John Edward Williams quotes: Like many men who consider their success incomplete, he was extraordinarily vain and consumed with a sense of his own importance. Like many men who consider their success incomplete, he was extraordinarily vain and consumed with a sense of his own importance.
John Edward Williams quotes: Lust and learning," Katherine once said. "That's really all there is, isn't it? Lust and learning," Katherine once said. "That's really all there is, isn't it?
John Edward Williams quotes: When he had thought of death before, he had thought of it either as a literary event or as the slow, quiet attrition of time against imperfect flesh. When he had thought of death before, he had thought of it either as a literary event or as the slow, quiet attrition of time against imperfect flesh.
John Edward Williams quotes: From the marriage had come only one child; he had wanted a son and had got a girl, and that was another disappointment he hardly bothered to conceal. From the marriage had come only one child; he had wanted a son and had got a girl, and that was another disappointment he hardly bothered to conceal.
John Edward Williams quotes: Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure; within a year he stopped hoping that it would improve. Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure; within a year he stopped hoping that it would improve.
John Edward Williams quotes: That is the very best time of life, he thought again: when you are very young, when living is a simple, perfect succession of golden days. That is the very best time of life, he thought again: when you are very young, when living is a simple, perfect succession of golden days.
John Edward Williams quotes: For a few moments in the evening, then, they talked quietly and casually, as if they were old friends or exhausted enemies. For a few moments in the evening, then, they talked quietly and casually, as if they were old friends or exhausted enemies.
John Edward Williams quotes: Stoner saw them through a haze, as if he were an audience. Stoner saw them through a haze, as if he were an audience.
John Edward Williams quotes: The iconoclasm need not be loud and messy, I can almost hear him saying, The iconoclasm need not be loud and messy, I can almost hear him saying,
John Edward Williams quotes: He was forty-two years old, and he could see nothing before him that he wished to enjoy and little behind him that he cared to remember. He was forty-two years old, and he could see nothing before him that he wished to enjoy and little behind him that he cared to remember.
John Edward Williams quotes: He thought of the years before, the distant years with his parents on the farm, and of the deadness from which he had been miraculously revived. He thought of the years before, the distant years with his parents on the farm, and of the deadness from which he had been miraculously revived.
John Edward Williams quotes: Like all lovers, they spoke much of themselves, as if they might thereby understand the world which made them possible. Like all lovers, they spoke much of themselves, as if they might thereby understand the world which made them possible.
John Edward Williams quotes: He felt the logic of grammar, and he thought he perceived how it spread out from itself, permeating the language and supporting human thought. He felt the logic of grammar, and he thought he perceived how it spread out from itself, permeating the language and supporting human thought.
John Edward Williams quotes: Looking at her, Stoner was assailed by a consciousness of his own heavy clumsiness. Looking at her, Stoner was assailed by a consciousness of his own heavy clumsiness.

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