The largest website for English phrases and quotes

Almost as soon as it was lit it began to sound as though it were running down, but in fact it would continue to run down for a long time. He knew the feeling.

Almost as soon as it was lit it began to sound as though it were running down, but in fact it would continue to run down for a long time. He knew the feeling.

– John Crowley –

Little

📲 Copy this QR code to share the phrase wherever you want

Do you want to publish your thoughts, reflections, or your own quotes?

Publish your quotes

Share our content

📲 Copy this QR code to share the phrase wherever you want

Related quotes

Living this long’s not as wonderful as people think. I mean, you get the same amount of youth as everyone else, but a great big extra helping of being very old and deaf and creaky.

The compensation of growing old…was simply this; that the passions remain as strong as ever, but one has gained – at last! – the power which adds the supreme flavor to existence, – the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it round, slowly, in the light.

Mother is fading for him, her face receding into shadows, her memory diminishing with each passing day, leaking like sand from a fist.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply