“"I die, I die!" the Mother said,
"My children die for lack of Bread."”
The Grey Monk, stanza 1
1810s, Miscellaneous poems and fragments from the Nonesuch edition
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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827Related quotes
In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)
“As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.
But the frogs die in earnest.”
Part 8, Chapter 10 (p. 196)
Source: Fiction, The Female Man (1975)
the Mother said,
"My children die for lack of Bread."
The Grey Monk, stanza 1
1810s, Miscellaneous poems and fragments from the Nonesuch edition
“"And shall I die? and unrevenged?" she said:
"Yes! let me die! thus—thus I plunge in night."”
Book IV, lines 887–888
The Æneis (1817)
“Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon”
Source: Daughter of the Blood
As quoted in Jean Dubuffet, Works, writings Interviews, ed. Valerie da Costa and Fabrice Hergott; Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona 2006, p. 14
1960-70's, Prospectus et tous écrits suivants, 1967
“I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.”
Source: When Beauty Tamed the Beast