"Man and woman are two locked caskets, of……" — Isak Dinesen
"Man and woman are two locked caskets, of which each contains the key to the other."
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87 Quotes by Isak Dinesen
Isak Dinesen has 87 quotes on this site.
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It is more than their land that you take away from the people, whose native land you take. It is…
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Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the…
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There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.
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I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting…
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I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of…
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What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite…
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It is not the visions but the activity which makes you happy, and the joy and glory of the flier…
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I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the…
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Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back, in a second flowering,…
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The present is always unsettled, no one has had time to contemplate it in tranquillity . I was a painter…
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Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.
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The air was cold to the lungs, the long grass dripping wet, and the herbs on it gave out their…
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More Caskets Quotes
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one of 39 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell…
— Jim Bishop
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The future is born, put the past in a casket
— Lil Wayne
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
— Nancy Grace
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I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of…
— Bruce Lee
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As soon as the dirt is hitting the casket, it'll all be forgotten.
— Eric Bogosian
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I had just put the casket in the hearse and was watching it drive away, when a beautiful blond woman…
— Ryan O'Neal
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I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All…
— Ice Cube
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If you don't have your game-face on, you're going to go home either to a hospital or to a casket.
— Joe Teti
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Well, at first the band were simply called Horsepower, but a lot of people thought that was something to do…
— David Eugene Edwards
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Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought…
— Tryon Edwards
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It is ... impossible to keep one's excellence in a little glass casket, like a jewel, to take it out…
— Adolf Anderssen
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Surveys show that the #1 fear of Americans is public speaking. #2 is death. That means that at a funeral,…
— Jerry Seinfeld
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