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Ruin, weariness, death, perpetually death, stand grimly to confront the other presence of Elizabethan drama which is life: life compact of frigates, fir trees and…

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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half…
If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've…
Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a…
I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see…
If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost importance; very…
King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good…
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what…
To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we…
The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.

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And let me touch those curving claws of yellow ivory; and grasp the tail that like a monstrous asp coils round your… — Oscar Wilde
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Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. It;s well, it's magic. — Albert Hadley
Even ivory towers need central heating. — Breyten Breytenbach
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of… — Joseph Conrad
I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was… — Kazuo Ishiguro
We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus… — John F. Kennedy
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