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Ethel Wilson quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.”
-- Ethel Wilson

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“Your power comes from the songs.”
-- Ethel Wilson

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“The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.”
-- Ethel Wilson

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“Dullness is a misdemeanour.”
-- Ethel Wilson
“The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.”
-- Ethel Wilson

Source : Ethel Wilson (1990). “Love and Salt Water”, New Canadian Library

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“You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.”
“The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.”
“The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.”
“You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.”
“You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.”
“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them”

Source : A.J Cronin (1942). “the Keys of the Kingdom”
“And unlike the rest of you, he hasnâ€™t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he wonâ€™t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.”
“Rogue Squadron doesnâ€™t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadronâ€™s mission." "We donâ€™t mind running. Even when we donâ€™t have to.”
“The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away.”

Source : Aaron Copland (1980). “Music and Imagination”, p.43, Harvard University Press
“Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.”

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