Famous quotes containing the words desk and/or diaries:
“Its true, as Marya Mannes says: No one believes [a womans] time to be sacred. A man at his desk in a room with a closed door is a man at work. A woman at a desk in any room is available.”
—Lillian Breslow Rubin (20th century)
“Tomorrow in the offices the year on the stamps will be altered;
Tomorrow new diaries consulted, new calendars stand;
With such small adjustments life will again move forward
Implicating us all; and the voice of the living be heard:
It is to us that you should turn your straying attention;
Us who need you, and are affected by your fortune;
Us you should love and to whom you should give your word.”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)