Famous quotes containing the words black, heart and/or inertia:
“he bowed and
not flinching from her black breath
gave her his arm....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“The Heart asks Pleasure—first—
And then—Excuse from Pain—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“What is wrong with priests and popes is that instead of being apostles and saints, they are nothing but empirics who say “I know” instead of “I am learning,” and pray for credulity and inertia as wise men pray for scepticism and activity.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)