Alliance Pour La

Famous quotes containing the words pour la, alliance and/or pour:

    “... and now, pour la digestion, allow me to offer you a cigarette. Have no fear, at most this is only the one before last,” he added wittily.
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all life’s duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.
    HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    Too late in the wrong rain
    They come together whom their love parted:
    The windows pour into their heart
    And the doors burn in their brain.
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)