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Top 160 John Williams Quotes (2026 Update)
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John Williams Quote: “That was on a Tuesday, and for the next two days the manuscript lay untouched on his desk. For reasons that he did not fully understand, he could not bring himself to open the folder, to begin the reading which a few months before would have been a duty of pleasure. He watched it warily, as if it were an enemy that was trying to entice him again into a war that he had renounced.”

151. “That was on a Tuesday, and for the next two days the manuscript lay untouched on his desk. For reasons that he did not fully understand, he could not bring himself to open the folder, to begin the reading which a few months before would have been a duty of pleasure. He watched it warily, as if it were an enemy that was trying to entice him again into a war that he had renounced.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “He saw the sickness of the world and of his own country during the years after the great war; he saw hatred and suspicion become a kind of madness that swept across the land like a swift plague; he saw young men go again to war, marching eagerly to a senseless doom, as if in the echo of a nightmare. And the pity and sadness he felt were so old, so much a part of his age, that he seemed to himself nearly untouched.”

152. “He saw the sickness of the world and of his own country during the years after the great war; he saw hatred and suspicion become a kind of madness that swept across the land like a swift plague; he saw young men go again to war, marching eagerly to a senseless doom, as if in the echo of a nightmare. And the pity and sadness he felt were so old, so much a part of his age, that he seemed to himself nearly untouched.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “We really haven’t known each other very well these last few years, have we?” She looked away and said uncomfortably, “Well – I suppose not.”

153. “We really haven’t known each other very well these last few years, have we?” She looked away and said uncomfortably, “Well – I suppose not.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “You spend nearly a year of your life and sweat, because you have faith in the dream of a fool. And what have you got? Nothing.”

154. “You spend nearly a year of your life and sweat, because you have faith in the dream of a fool. And what have you got? Nothing.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “Edith smiled at him with a curious mixture of fondness and contempt.”

155. “Edith smiled at him with a curious mixture of fondness and contempt.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “He felt vaguely that he would be leaving something behind, something that might have been precious to him, had he been able to know what it was.”

156. “He felt vaguely that he would be leaving something behind, something that might have been precious to him, had he been able to know what it was.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “He felt at times that he was a kind of vegetable, and he longed for something – even pain – to pierce him, to bring him alive.”

157. “He felt at times that he was a kind of vegetable, and he longed for something – even pain – to pierce him, to bring him alive.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “There’s nothing worse than being alone when you aren’t strong enough to face your own thoughts. You can stand it just so long, and then––Well, then you just can’t be alone any longer. You’ve got to do something, no matter how silly it is. You’ve got to make yourself believe you aren’t alone, even if you are.”

158. “There’s nothing worse than being alone when you aren’t strong enough to face your own thoughts. You can stand it just so long, and then––Well, then you just can’t be alone any longer. You’ve got to do something, no matter how silly it is. You’ve got to make yourself believe you aren’t alone, even if you are.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “Sometimes he thought of himself as he had been a few years before and was astonished by the memory of that strange figure, brown and passive as the earth from which it has emerged.”

159. “Sometimes he thought of himself as he had been a few years before and was astonished by the memory of that strange figure, brown and passive as the earth from which it has emerged.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “He spoke more confidently and felt a warm hard severity gather within him. He suspected that he was beginning, ten years late, to discover who he was; and the figure he saw was both more and less than he had once imagined it to be.”

160. “He spoke more confidently and felt a warm hard severity gather within him. He suspected that he was beginning, ten years late, to discover who he was; and the figure he saw was both more and less than he had once imagined it to be.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “He thought of the three or four days that he would have to wait in this place before Miller and the others were ready. He thought of how he might spend them, and he wondered how he might press them into one crumpled bit of time that he could toss away.”

161. “He thought of the three or four days that he would have to wait in this place before Miller and the others were ready. He thought of how he might spend them, and he wondered how he might press them into one crumpled bit of time that he could toss away.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “Edith’s strategy became more indirect, more quiet and contained.”

162. “Edith’s strategy became more indirect, more quiet and contained.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “Carefully, with his eyes squinted, with the light glistening upon his fair skin and thinning blond hair, like a chemist measuring a rare substance, he poured the beer from the bottles into glasses.”

163. “Carefully, with his eyes squinted, with the light glistening upon his fair skin and thinning blond hair, like a chemist measuring a rare substance, he poured the beer from the bottles into glasses.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “It’s not that they were worth anything. But they were mine.”

164. “It’s not that they were worth anything. But they were mine.”

— John Williams

John Williams Quote: “Begone, begone, you bloody whoreson Gauls!”

165. “Begone, begone, you bloody whoreson Gauls!”

— John Williams

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