Quotes with nymph

  • The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis of a nymph into a tree, has arrested us in an accustomed movement.
  • Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing.

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  • Iris Murdoch Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Marcel Proust The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis of a nymph into a tree, has arrested us in an accustomed movement.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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