Famous quotes containing the words air, force and/or reserve:
“O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Methought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was I turned into a hart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
Eer since pursue me.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“My dear Kafka,
When youve had five years of it, not five months,
Five years of an irresistible force meeting an immoveable object right in your belly,
Then youll know about depression.”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
“Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are cheques drawn on insufficient funds.”
—René Daumal (19081944)
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