Old time Quote by Various

“And his brow was lofty with thought, and his eye wild with care; and, in the few furrows upon his cheek I read the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“the outlines of his figure were indistinct—but his features were the features of a deity; for the mantle of the night, and of the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“It is not Beauty I demand, A crystal brow, the moon's despair, Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand, Nor mermaid's yellow pride of…

— George Darley

“Lament For J Among the small graves a soft shaft of sunlight gently rains On a memory; etches, as a glittering finger, Golden corn…

— Alan James Roll

...his face bore an expression that mingled haughty disdain with a tender, ardent sympathy, as if he would love all things if only his…

— Philip Pullman

“But beauty was not everything. Beauty had this penalty - it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life - froze it. One…

— Virginia Woolf

“This harsh little man — this pitiless censor — gathers up all your poor scattered sins of vanity, your luckless chiffon of rose- color,…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Why, such is love's transgression. Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propagate, to have it prest With more…

— William Shakespeare

“...and it is characteristic of the young to become bound to an older and wiser man not only by the spell of his words…

— Umberto Eco

“No sooner did I see that his attention was riveted on them, and that I might gaze without being observed, than my eyes were…

— Charlotte Brontë

His brow is seamed with line and scar; His cheek is red and dark as wine; The fires as of a Northern star Beneath…

— Walter de La Mare

And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds In loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson