Bone Marrow Failure

Famous quotes containing the words bone, marrow and/or failure:

    “Here lies the body of William Jones
    Who all his life collected bones,
    Till Death, that grim and boney spectre,
    That universal bone collector,
    Boned old Jones, so neat and tidy,
    And here he lies, all bona fide.”
    —Anonymous. “Epitaph on William Jones,” from Eleanor Broughton’s Varia (1925)

    “Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Sitting by a lamp more often brings
    Not peace, but other things.
    Beyond the light stand failure and remorse....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)