Giving Larkin

Famous quotes containing the words giving and/or larkin:

    One promises much, to avoid giving little.
    Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)

    Hearing this last word,
    There was no lambing-night,
    No gale-driven bird
    Nor frost-encircled root
    As cold as my heart.
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)