Mail Order Bride

Famous quotes containing the words mail, order and/or bride:

    “The mail from Tunis, probably,
    An easy Morning’s Ride—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

    “Of what is real I say,
    Is it the old, the roseate parent or
    The bride come jingling, kissed and cupped, or else
    The spirit and all ensigns of the self?”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)