…she had regained what
…she had regained what I thought she had lost forever, the magical sadness which had drawn me to her, the thwarted look that had seemed to say, Surely I was made for some other purpose than this? Evelyn Waugh
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…she had regained what I thought she had lost forever, the magical sadness which had drawn me to her, the thwarted look that had seemed to say, Surely I was made for some other purpose than this? Evelyn Waugh
These memories, which are my life–for we possess nothing certainly except the past–were always with me. Evelyn Waugh
I felt that I was leaving part of myself behind, and that wherever I went afterwards I should feel the lack of it, and search for it hopelessly, as ghosts are said to do, frequenting the spots where they buried material treasures without which they cannot pay their way to the nether world. Evelyn Waugh
The languor of Youth – how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost! Evelyn Waugh
He did not fail in love, but he lost the joy of it […] Evelyn Waugh
The worse I am, the more I need God. I can’t shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him. Julia to Charles Evelyn Waugh
‘I don’t believe you’ve changed at all, Charles.’ ‘No, I’m afraid not.’ ‘D’you want to change?’ ‘It’s the only evidence of life.’ Evelyn Waugh
My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war-time. We possess nothing certainly except the past. Evelyn Waugh
Then I knew that the sign I had asked for was not a little thing, not a passing nod of recognition, and a phrase came back to me from my childhood of the veil of the temple being rent from top to bottom. Evelyn Waugh
That was the change in her from ten years ago; that, indeed, was her reward, this haunting, magical sadness which spoke straight to the heart and struck silence; it was the completion of her beauty. Evelyn Waugh