Famous quotes containing the words prevailing, westerly and/or flow:
“It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“On the idle hill of summer,
Sleepy with the flow of streams,”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)