Luminous Marked Cards

Famous quotes containing the words luminous, marked and/or cards:

    A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    You think that you are Ann’s suitor; that you are the pursuer and she the pursued; that it is your part to woo, to persuade, to prevail, to overcome. Fool: it is you who are the pursued, the marked down quarry, the destined prey.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    But cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
    Charles Lamb (1775–1834)