Ave Maria

Famous quotes containing the words ave maria, ave and/or maria:

    Those who marry God can become domesticated too—it’s just as hum-drum a marriage as all the others. The word “Love” means a formal touch of the lips as in the ceremony of the Mass, and “Ave Maria” like “dearest” is a phrase to open a letter.
    Graham Greene (1904–1991)

    And forever, brother, hail and farewell.
    [Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale.]
    Catullus [Gaius Valerius Catullus] (84–54 B.C.)

    He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there’s another dog.
    —Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)