“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita
Variant: I shall be dumped where the weed decays, And the rest is rust and stardust
Source: Lolita
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita
Variant: I shall be dumped where the weed decays, And the rest is rust and stardust
Source: Lolita
Walter Scott book The Betrothed
The The Betrothed (1825), Volume I, Chapter XIII http://books.google.com/books?id=3w8OAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Too+much+rest+is+rust%22&pg=PA226#v=onepage
“Rust rust rust
in the engines of love and time”
Leonard Cohen book Flowers for Hitler
"Front Lawn", Flowers for Hitler (1964)
James Nicoll (1961) Canadian fiction reviewer
In this story, humans have by the early 21st century explored the Solar System and sent not just one but two crewed ships to Alpha Centauri … despite which the characters moan endlessly about the dire state of the space program. “Eyes of Amber” would be another example of the Rusting Bridges [Rule]: No matter how much the space program you actually have has achieved, whether it’s first contact with aliens or trips to nearby stars, it can never have achieved as much as the space programs you can imagine would have achieved in its place, given that imaginary programs aren’t limited by issues of politics, funding, or engineering. <br class="br"> Review of “Eyes of Amber”, by Joan D. Vinge (as anthologized in New Women of Wonder, edited by Pamela Sargent http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/yet-more-sf-about-women-by-women, 2015 <br class="br">2010s
“I have loved you woman
as surely as I have named you
rust and sand and nylon.”
Charles Bukowski book The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
" Statue of Margaret Thatcher unveiled at British Parliament http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/world/20070221-1456-britain-thatcher-statue.html", Associated Press, 21 February 2007. <br class="br">On the unveiling of a statue of her in the Members' Lobby of the House of Commons. Baroness Thatcher referred to a previous marble statue which was decapitated http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2091200.stm in 2002. <br class="br">Post-Prime Ministerial
“The knight's bones are dust,
And his good sword rust;
His soul is with the saints, I trust.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
"The Knight's Tomb" (c. 1817)
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Irshadul Qulub; Page 78
Shi'ite Hadith