“MRS ARBUTHNOT For me the world is shriveled to a palm's breath, and where I walk there are thorns.HESTER It shall not be so. We shall somewhere find green valleys and fresh waters, and if we weep, well, we shall weep together.”

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde - “MRS ARBUTHNOT For me the world is...” 1

Similar quotes

“And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.”

Joseph Campbell
Read more

“Might there come a timeWhen we stand over a graveAnd mourn ourselves?Mourn the past, a previous life?Shall we weep for the passing of time?Shall we grieve for unfulfilled dreams?In my naivety; in my beliefIn immortal youth, I sleep walk through life.Someone... wake me up.Please.Wake me up.”

Samantha Young
Read more

“We have only to follow the thread of the hero path. And where we had thought to find an abomonation, we shall find a God.And where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves.And where we had thought to travel outward,we shall come to the center of our own existence.And where we had thought to be alone,we shall be with all the world.”

Joseph Campbell
Read more

“And your fragrance shall be my breath,And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.”

Khalil Gibran
Read more

“If you need me, I shall be weeping at the bottom of my wardrobe.”

Alan Bradley
Read more