Now Far Quotes

6 quotes by 6 authors

• Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may… — Joan Didion
• To this day, we see all around us the Promethean drive to omnipotence through technology and to omniscience through science. The effecting of all things… — Gerald Holton
• Like all mystics (and many novelists, not least the present one) he is baffled, a child, before the real now; far happier out of it,… — John Fowles
• The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood This Eastertide call into mind the men, Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should… — Edward Thomas
• The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
• You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that, oil and water were the same as wind… — Raymond Chandler

Who Wrote These Now Far Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 6 Now Far Quotes as follows:

• 1 Now Far Quote by Joan Didion
• 1 Now Far Quote by Gerald Holton
• 1 Now Far Quote by John Fowles
• 1 Now Far Quote by Edward Thomas
• 1 Now Far Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 1 Now Far Quote by Raymond Chandler