Ghastly

Famous quotes containing the word ghastly:

    “like a ghastly rapid river,
    Through the pale door
    A hideous throng rush out forever,
    And laugh—but smile no more.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “I told my love, I told my love,
    I told her all my heart,
    Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears—
    Ah, she doth depart.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)