“Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside.”
Seanan McGuire
A Local Habitation
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Even ivory towers need central heating.”
Breyten Breytenbach
“It was impossible to tell how she felt. When she tried to look inside of herself, all she saw were tangled things shifting in and out of focus.”
Joshua Gaylord
Hummingbirds
“She was afraid of not being able to pull herself out of the dream world, never waking up, never knowing what really happened, never realizing her goals, her hopes, her dreams.”
B. Barmanbek
Culpa Innata
“Maybe what I admired most about John Steinbeck is that he never mortgaged his 45-acre heart for a suite in an ivory tower.”
Tom Robbins
Wild Ducks Flying Backward
“The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.”
W. H. Auden
The Prolific and the Devourer