Hollow Sword

Famous quotes containing the words hollow and/or sword:

    She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. The only difficulty was that after finishing the last sentence she was left with a feeling at once hollow and uncomfortably full. Exactly like indigestion.
    Jean Rhys (1894–1979)

    When valour preys on reason,
    It eats the sword it fights with.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)