“Men grow cold as girls grow oldAnd we all lose our charms in the end.How prettily Lorelei Lee sang these mordant lyrics!”

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates - “Men grow cold as girls grow oldAnd...” 1

Similar quotes

“There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the simple duties and interests we have slighted and forgotten. Our world grows smaller, but it grows dearer and greater. Simple things have a new charm for us, and we suddenly realize that we have been renouncing all that is greatest and best, in our pursuit of some phantom.”

William George Jordan
Read more

“I think that our lyrics are definitely dark, but I know for a fact that we pull our inspiration from a million different influences. We listened to everything growing up. Our music isn't just 'opera metal' or 'gothic pop' it's just Evanescence.”

Evanescence
Read more

“Why must they grow up and lose it all?”

Virginia Woolf (To The Lighthouse)
Read more

“Our way of get­ting nos­tal­gic for what we just threw in the trash, it’s all be­cause we’re afraid to evolve. Grow, change, lose weight, rein­vent our­selves. Adapt.”

Chuck Palahniuk
Read more

“Till the stars grow old and our sun grows cold? Will you fight for us, lie for us, love us - and let us love you?”

Robert A. Heinlein
Read more