I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.
Eudora WeltyTag: book-lover
it doesn t matter if it takes a long time getting there; the point is to have a destination.
Eudora WeltyThe mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much, Laurel thought.
Eudora WeltyChildren, like animals use all their senses to discover the world. Then artists come along and discover it the same way...Or now and then we'll hear from an artisit who's never lost it.
Eudora WeltyTag: art-and-children
I've said what I had to say.
Eudora WeltyLaurel could not see her face but only the back of her neck, the most vulnerable part of anybody, and she thought: Is there any sleeping person you can be entirely sure you have not misjudged?
Eudora WeltyOne place understood helps us understand all places better
Eudora WeltyWriters and travelers are mesmerized alike by the knowing of their destination
Eudora WeltyNever think you've seen the last of anything.
Eudora WeltyBut how much better, in any case, to wonder than not to wonder, to dance with astonishment and go spinning in praise, than not to know enough to dance or praise at all; to be blessed with more imagination than you might know at the given moment what to do with than to be cursed with too little to give you -- and other people -- any trouble.
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