Evan S. Connell quotes

Evan S. Connell quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Thirty, thirty-five, forty, all had come to visit her like admonitory relatives, and all had slipped away without a trace, without a sound, and now, once again, she was waiting.”
-- Evan S. Connell

Source : EVAN S. CONNELL, JR. (1959). “MRS. BRIDGE”

#Birthday Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Sound Quotes

“I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.”
“Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.”
“Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.”
“Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.”
“Real serious waiting is done in waiting rooms, and what they all have in common is their purpose, or purposelessness, if you will; they are places for doing nothing and they have no life of their own. ... their one constant is what might be called a decorative rigor mortis ...”
“Maybe some are so busy waiting, they forget what indescribable beauty is right there in front of them.”
“For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.”
“He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.”
“I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?”
“the tea-hour is the hour of peace ... strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle - a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.”

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