Close Relatives

Famous quotes containing the words close and/or relatives:

    “The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.”
    —Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

    “Once our idea of heaven meant
    all the dead relatives waiting
    on the kept lawn of the many mansions
    as if, suddenly sinless, they had nothing
    to do. ...”
    —Deborah Digges (b. 1950)