Walls of Constantinople/land Walls

Famous quotes containing the words walls of, walls and/or land:

    Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better to do Or because they hope these walls of books will deaden The drumming of the demon in their ears.
    Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)

    Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.
    Eugene O’Neill (1888–1953)

    The impersonal insensitive friendliness which takes the place of ceremony in that land of waifs and strays.
    Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)