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Jan Morris Quotes

I am when the Chinese, who know everything, build a house, they consult the precepts of an ancient science, Feng Shui, which tells them exactly how, when, and where the work must be done, and so brings good fortune to the home forever Picture Quote #1

Vermonters are not only charmless of manner, on the whole; they are also, as far as I can judge, utterly without pretence, and give the salutary impression that they don’t care ten cents whether you are amused, affronted, intrigued, or bored stiff by them. Hardly anybody asked me how I liked Vermont. Not a soul said ‘Have a nice day! Picture Quote #1

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound Picture Quote #1

Leningrad... is a city with the gift of timelessness Picture Quote #1

Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic Picture Quote #1

As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny Picture Quote #1

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Australia is a country not so much of fulfillment as of theatrical expectation Picture Quote #1

I resist the idea that travel writing has got to be factual Picture Quote #1

I know well the delectable thrill of moving into a new house somewhere altogether else, in somebody else’s county, where the climate is different, the food is different, the light is different, where the mundane preoccupations of life at home don’t seem to apply and it is even fun to go shopping Picture Quote #1

Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal Picture Quote #1

The language itself, whether you speak it or not, whether you love it or hate it, is like some bewitchment or seduction from the past, drifting across the country down the centuries, subtly affecting the nations sensibilities even when its meaning is forgotten Picture Quote #1

I believe the transsexual urge, at least as I have experienced it, to be far more than a social compulsion, but biological, imaginative, and essentially spiritual, too Picture Quote #1

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I was born with the wrong body, being feminine by gender but male by sex, and I could achieve completeness only when the one was adjusted to the other Picture Quote #1

I had reached the conclusion myself that sex was not a division but a continuum, that almost nobody was altogether of one sex or another, and that the infinite subtlety of the shading from one extreme to the other was one of the most beautiful of nature’s phenomena Picture Quote #1

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence Picture Quote #1

To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music Picture Quote #1

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too Picture Quote #1

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I am when the Chinese, who know everything, build a house, they consult the precepts of an ancient science, Feng Shui, which tells them exactly how, when, and where the work must be done, and so brings good fortune to the home forever. (Jan Morris Quotes) Vermonters are not only charmless of manner, on the whole; they are also, as far as I can judge, utterly without pretence, and give the salutary impression that they don’t care ten cents whether you are amused, affronted, intrigued, or bored stiff by them. Hardly anybody asked me how I liked Vermont. Not a soul said ‘Have a nice day! (Jan Morris Quotes) Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound (Jan Morris Quotes) Leningrad... is a city with the gift of timelessness (Jan Morris Quotes) Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic (Jan Morris Quotes) As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny (Jan Morris Quotes) Australia is a country not so much of fulfillment as of theatrical expectation (Jan Morris Quotes) I resist the idea that travel writing has got to be factual (Jan Morris Quotes) I know well the delectable thrill of moving into a new house somewhere altogether else, in somebody else’s county, where the climate is different, the food is different, the light is different, where the mundane preoccupations of life at home don’t seem to apply and it is even fun to go shopping (Jan Morris Quotes) Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal (Jan Morris Quotes) The language itself, whether you speak it or not, whether you love it or hate it, is like some bewitchment or seduction from the past, drifting across the country down the centuries, subtly affecting the nations sensibilities even when its meaning is forgotten (Jan Morris Quotes) I believe the transsexual urge, at least as I have experienced it, to be far more than a social compulsion, but biological, imaginative, and essentially spiritual, too (Jan Morris Quotes) I was born with the wrong body, being feminine by gender but male by sex, and I could achieve completeness only when the one was adjusted to the other (Jan Morris Quotes) I had reached the conclusion myself that sex was not a division but a continuum, that almost nobody was altogether of one sex or another, and that the infinite subtlety of the shading from one extreme to the other was one of the most beautiful of nature’s phenomena (Jan Morris Quotes) Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence (Jan Morris Quotes) To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music (Jan Morris Quotes) Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too (Jan Morris Quotes)