Quotes of: Old-country Keyword

The moon is too old, the flower is too old;even the sunset is not enough. The only relevant metaphor for you is your mirror image.

I Love You Too

. . . Most falls aren't free -- there is always the tension, it seems to me, between what you are falling from and what you are falling to.

Rules for Old Men Waiting

Did I just get psychically pimp-slapped by a little old lady?

Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men

An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ― Portuguese Proverb

The Life and Letters of Father Andrew

... there are things that outweigh comfort, unless one is an old woman or a cat.

The Left Hand of Darkness

To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power, "age-old pastime of humanity".

A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?" "You may ask." "How old are you?" "It's none of your business

The Last Vampire

Ang lalakeng nakikinig sa magulang, masunurin. Ang babaeng nakikinig sa magulang, baka maging old maid

Men Are From QC, Women Are From Alabang

People forget that old women were young once, but d'you think we old women forget? In my heart, I'm still thirty.

The Spiritualist

The vicar's handshake was warm and reassuring, but shaking hands with Mavis was like clutching a bunch of dead twigs.

Two Old Fools in Spain Again

You're not playing the game," he said grimly. "English gossip isn't supposed to get back to the person it's about.

The Old Man and Me

The other veteran said "Listen, mate, everybody gets scared, and anybody says he don't is a damn liar

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it.

The Old Man and the Sea

Even when you don't see old age coming, you can wave it goodbye

Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems

The attraction of cynicism was that it so often put you in the right, as if being right led directly to happiness.

That Old Cape Magic

New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.

Tender Is the Night

Too many men have died in the name of old age. I know, because my grandmother was one of them.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I haven’t seen my old friends in a while. Maybe next week I’ll go visit them in the nursing home.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

The War Poems

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