Famous quotes containing the words pater and/or text:
“For with this desire of physical beauty mingled itself early the fear of death—the fear of death intensified by the desire of beauty.”
—Walter Pater 1839–1894, British writer, educator. originally published in Macmillan’s Magazine (Aug. 1878)
“I am so glad you have been able to preserve the text in all of its impurity.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)