Birney/decline

Famous quotes containing the words birney and/or decline:

    “It is not easy to free
    myth from reality
    or rear this fellow up
    to lutch, lurch with them
    in the tranced dancing of men.”
    —Earle Birney (b. 1904)

    “We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.”
    —Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)