Famous quotes containing the words dirt and/or dragons:
“His nature just speaks to me. I didn’t want him too far back to get dirt in his face, to get discouraged.”
—Julie Krone (b. 1963)
“Hermann and Humbert are alike only in the sense that two dragons painted by the same artist at different periods of his life resemble each other. Both are neurotic scoundrels, yet there is a green lane in Paradise where Humbert is permitted to wander at dusk once a year; but Hell shall never parole Hermann.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)