Bitter Gold

Famous quotes containing the words bitter and/or gold:

    Another evening wasted! I begin
    Writing the envelope, and a bitter smoke
    Of self-contempt, of boredom too, ascends.
    What use is an endearment and a joke?
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are cheques drawn on insufficient funds.
    René Daumal (1908–1944)