Afar

Famous quotes containing the word afar:

    “Forty years on, when afar and asunder Parted are those who are singing today.”
    —E.E. Bowen (1836–1901)

    “Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
    But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.”
    —John Webster (1580–1625)

    “The man of genius, like a dog with a bone, or the slave who has swallowed a diamond, or a patient with the gravel, sits afar and retired, off the road, hangs out no sign of refreshment for man and beast, but says, by all possible hints and signs, I wish to be alone,—good-by,—fare-well. But the Landlord can afford to live without privacy.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)