Quotes of: Old-wine Keyword

The gods, so says the old superstition, do not like to behold too happy mortals. It is certain, at least, that some human beings do not.

Anne's House of Dreams

A pattern of raised crisscrossed scars, some old and white, others more recent in various shades of pink and red. Exposing the stress of the structure underneath its paint

After

I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded.

Aleph

Where else," I will say, "does an old turtle crossing the path Make all the difference in the world?

All the Places to Love

He’s only two years younger, but that doesn’t mean I’m not old enough to be his father. I grew up fast. Ah, but that’s life, no?

Ah, but that's life, no?

You see, unlike most writers today, I do not use a computer. I write the old-fashioned way: on the walls of caves.

Another Whole Nother Story

And it feels good to feel young with you, and at the same time to grow old with you. And it's all those things together at the same moment.

All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps

Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart

The House of Mirth

Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.

How to Make an American Quilt

A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.

The Innocents Abroad

Then, breathing slow, and almost deliberately, stops. But for a moment the old man doesn’t realize he is dead. He can feel Martin’s heart and mistakes it for his own.

The Illusion of Separateness

I had not, it seems, the originality to chalk out a new road to shame and destruction, but trode the old track with stupid exactness not to deviate an inch from the beaten centre. 

Jane Eyre

He remembered the old Chinese proverb, sometimes ascribed to Confucius: If you sit by the river for long enough, the body of your enemy will float by.

Joseph Anton: A Memoir

God exists. He has one wicked since of humor, and right now he’s having a grand old time punking the planet.

A Journal of the Crazy Year

A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.

Killosophy

And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

Richard III

There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)

Romeo and Juliet

There is a big difference between having your heart broken and being the one responsible for a broken heart. I was twelve years old and had already experienced both.

Remembrance

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner