Famous quotes containing the words dark age, dark, age and/or book:
“They have slapped into the American mind more human misinformation in one evening than the Dark Ages could muster in a decade.”
—Ben Hecht (18931964)
“I remember, I remember
The fir trees dark and high;
I used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky;
It was a childish ignorance,
But now tis little joy
To know Im further off from Heaven
Than when I was a boy.”
—Thomas Hood (17991845)
“Young people dont know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.”
—Irish Proverb.
“I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.”
—Zelda Fitzgerald (19001948)