Phantom Limb Pain

Famous quotes containing the words phantom, limb and/or pain:

“She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely apparition, sent
To be a moment’s ornament;”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“I doubt that I would have taken so many leaps in my own writing or been as clear about my feminist and political commitments if I had not been anointed as early as I was. Some major form of recognition seems to have to mark a woman’s career for her to be able to go out on a limb without having her credentials questioned.”
—Ruth Behar (b. 1956)

“The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.”
—Herb Caen (b. 1916)