Men resemble great deserted
Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures. Francois Mauriac
Deserted
We are never less
We are never less alone than when we are in the society of a single, faithful friend; never less deserted than when we are carried in tne arms of the All-Powerful. Francois Fenelon
The dream of reason
The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty. Francisco Goya
When women talk about
When women talk about \”privacy\” they mean abortion rights, and the millions of words feminists have written about \”a room of one’sown\” refer to psychological space, rarely to physical solitude. For most women being alone is tantamount to being deserted. Florence King
The snow is falling
The snow is falling on the deserted field of my life, and my hopes, which roam far, are afraid of becoming frozen or lost. Federico Garcia Lorca
That was one time
That was one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face. Fay Wray
There used to be
There used to be two kinds of kisses: First when girls were kissed and deserted; second, when they were engaged. Now there’s a third kind, where the man is kissed and deserted. If Mr. Jones of the nineties bragged he’d kissed a girl, everyone knew he was through with her. If Mr. Jones of 1919 … Read more
It’s funny, but thinking
It’s funny, but thinking back on it now, I realize that this particular point in time, as I stood there blinking in the deserted hall, was the one point at which I might have chosen to do something very much different from what I actually did. But of course I didn’t see this crucial moment … Read more
Lots of you know
Lots of you know me as a lone, hard-bitten columnist, prone to lurking on deserted rocky promontories while searching for my muse. Cynthia Heimel
Most Americans are aware
Most Americans are aware of the brutality and injustice used to maintain the excesses of their selfish consumer society and empire. Yet I suspect…they do not care. They don’t want to see what is done in their name. They do not want to look at the rows of flag-draped coffins, the horribly maimed bodies and … Read more