As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny. Jan Morris More Quotes by Jan Morris More Quotes From Jan Morris Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic. Jan Morris mystic [Travel seems] not just a way of having a good time, but something that every self-respecting citizen ought to undertake, like a high-fiber diet, say, or a deodorant. Jan Morris deodorantcitizensself The more I was treated as a woman, the more woman I became. A adapted willy-nilly. If I was assumed to be incompetent at reversing cars, or opening bottles, oddly incompetent I found myself becoming. If a case was thought too heavy for me, inexplicably I found it so myself. Jan Morris carbecomingbottles 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 justicebeautifulsex I half cherish the hope that the end of history will be Swissness. Jan Morris cherishhalfends 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 homefunmoving Leningrad ... is a city with the gift of timelessness. Jan Morris leningradrussiacities 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 houseforeverhome There is always a sneer in Las Vegas. The mountains around it sneer. The desert sneers. And arrogant in the middle of its wide valley, dominating those diligent sprawling suburbs, the downtown city sneers like anything. Jan Morris vegasmountaincities If I was an aspirant litterateur, I was also an aspirant anarchist. I have disliked Authority always, though sometimes seduced by its resplendence. Jan Morris anarchistauthoritysometimes It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more in the nature of a curve, and it is a fact that Welsh affairs are entangled always in parabola, double-meaning and implication. This makes for a web-like interest. Jan Morris curveslinesfacts Australia is a country not so much of fulfillment as of theatrical expectation. Jan Morris australiaexpectationscountry I resist the idea that travel writing has got to be factual. Jan Morris factualwritingideas To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible. Jan Morris affairstudentsimpossible 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 malesbodysex 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 hatecountrypast Vermonters, it seems to me, are like ethnics in their own land. They are exceedingly conscious of their difference from other Americans, and they talk a great deal about outsiders, newcomers, and people from the south. Jan Morris differenceslandpeople 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 nicejudginggiving Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound. Jan Morris contrarypettyprofound
