Honor Tracy Quotes

• 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.

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  Eye, Fire, Europe

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

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

  Honor Tracy

  Sex, Mind, Doe

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• 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.

  Honor Tracy

  Mind, Ponies, Lines

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

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

  Honor Tracy

  Europe, Spain, Hopefully

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

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