All the Days and Nights Quotes

“Lots of Lincoln people had been to Chicago, and some even to New York, but very few had any firsthand knowledge of what Europe was like--except for the coal miners, and they didn't count.”
― William Maxwell, All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories

“Elm Street was the dividing line between the two worlds. On either side of this line there were families who had trouble making both ends meet, but those who lived below the intersection didn't bother to conceal it.”
― William Maxwell, All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories

“If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.'
(from "The Front and the Back Parts of the House", 1991)”
― William Maxwell, All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories

“There is no longer any older generation. You have become it, while your mind was mostly on other matters.' (from "The Man in the Moon")”
― William Maxwell, All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories