Honor Tracy Quotes:

A student undergoing a word association test was asked why a snowstorm put him in mind of sex. He replied frankly: "Because everything does."

Topics: Sex, Mind, Doe, Snowstorms

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.

source: - Honor Tracy (1957). “Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey”, New York, Random House [1958

Topics: Eye, Fire, Europe

In rural Spain, at least, it is far better to arrive than to travel, however hopefully.

source: - Honor Tracy (1957). “Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey”, New York, Random House [1958

Topics: Europe, Spain, Hopefully

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.

source: - Honor Tracy (1957). “Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey”, New York, Random House [1958

Topics: Mind, Ponies, Lines, Pogo Sticks