Top 6 Ethel Wilson Quotes (2025 Update)

Ethel Wilson Quote: “The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.”

1. “The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.”

2. “What a land. What power these rivers were already yielding, far beyond her sight. Even a map of this country – lines arranged in an arbitrary way on a long rectangular piece of paper – stirs the imagination beyond imagination, she thought, looking at the map, as other lines differently arranged in relation to each other have not the power to stir. Each name on the map says “We reached this point, by broken trail and mountains and water; and when we reached it, thus and thus we named it.”

— Ethel Wilson

3. “A writer’s mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.”

— Ethel Wilson

4. “Dullness is a misdemeanour.”

— Ethel Wilson

5. “Your power comes from the songs.”

— Ethel Wilson

6. “The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.”

— Ethel Wilson

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