Honor Tracy quotes
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“A student undergoing a word association test was asked why a snowstorm put him in mind of sex. He replied frankly: "Because everything does."”
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“Cadiz is a city of magic, like Cracow or Dublin, to set the mind on fire at a turn of a corner. ... The eye is continually fed, the imagination stirred, by a train of spectacles as charming as if they had been contrived.”
-- Honor TracySource : Honor Tracy (1957). “Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey”, New York, Random House [1958
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“In rural Spain, at least, it is far better to arrive than to travel, however hopefully.”
-- Honor TracySource : Honor Tracy (1957). “Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey”, New York, Random House [1958
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“a local train ... moved gently off up the line with a very singular motion indeed, in which the leap of a frog, the bounce of a pogo-stick, and the canter of a very short fat pony all were brought to mind.”
-- Honor TracySource : Honor Tracy (1957). “Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey”, New York, Random House [1958
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“A GOOD old-fashioned sex tape pretty much guarantees you a star on Hollywood Boulevard.”
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“But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.”
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“Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.”
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“Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?”
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“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”
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“Let's stop somebody from doing something! Everybody does too much.”
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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