“Milton Ashe is not the type to marry a head of hair and a pair of eyes.”
“Liar!”, p. 89
I, Robot (1950)
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“Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
and I eat men like air.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
"Lady Lazarus"
Ariel (1965)
Variant: p>Herr God, Herr Lucifer,
Beware.
Beware.Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.</p
Source: Ariel: The Restored Edition
““You split hairs.”
“Better to split hairs than the heads beneath them.””
Michael Flynn book Eifelheim
Source: Eifelheim (2006), Chapter XXV (p. 447)
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
In response to Hannah More wondering why Milton could write Paradise Lost but only poor sonnets. June 13, 1784, p. 542
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV
“Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye,
But turn to ashes on the lips.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
Lalla Rookh http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/index.html (1817), Part V-VIII: The Fire-Worshippers
Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock
Canto III, line 153.
The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
“It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.”
Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted by Seneca, On Tranquility of the Mind