Quotes of: Old-stuff Keyword

The years are going by us like huge birds, whom Doom and Destiny and the schemes of God have frightened up out of some old gray marsh.

A Dreamer's Tales

There shall be no more death, Because we have already seen all that, Its old and we are tired of it, And now we need something new, And this new thing is Eternal Life

Doctor Zhivago

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

Ender's Game

An old house that had lived its life long ago and so was very quiet and wise and a little mysterious. Also a little austere, but very kind.

Emily's Quest

Your confidence in me is heartwarming. Makes me want to return all the money I stole from the little old ladies and kick the heroin.

Endless Summer

Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of a changeable, irritable, and, occasionally, violent man?

The Evolution Of Theology: An Anthropological Study

Hubert Humphrey is a treacherous, gutless old ward-heeler who should be put in a goddamn bottle and sent out with the Japanese current.

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

Why is this the "new feminism" and not what it looks like: the old objectification?

Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

I think this goat must have been fed on old boots,' Stubble complained as he chewed the last scraps of flesh from the bones littering his stew.

Firestorm

Certainly, it is more reasonable to devote one's life to women than to postage stamps, old snuff-boxes, or even to paintings and statues.

The Guermantes Way

I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

Of Human Bondage

Never try to outdrink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Fin or at least a Russian.

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

I remembered the old doctor, - "It would be interesting for science to watch the mental changes of individuals, on the spot." I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.

Heart of Darkness

She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and ran straight into the old well. She didn’t even scream.

Hagridden

The past haunts the present in more ways than we think. It certainly scares the living daylights out of ME"~ Old Wrinkly

How to Break a Dragon's Heart

Can I fetch you something, madam? A cup of tea?’ In the old days she’d have been ‘miss’ and he’d have offered her a cocktail.

British Bulldog

Yes, he said, taking her hand. And now I think I finally understand that old expression - a sight for sore eyes.

Blood Captain

The fruit of youth or of the grape, the transitory magic of the brief passage from darkness to darkness - the old illusion that truth and beauty were in some way entwined.

The Beautiful and Damned

Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

Blood of the Fold

When you least expect it, you run in to an old friend from school, or the neighbour’s cat, not Mary the Virgin Mother of God.

The Birds That Never Flew

Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun.

Be A Good Human