Famous quotes containing the word harlot:
“But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“If a woman hasn’t got a tiny streak of a harlot in her, she’s a dry stick as a rule.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“The harlot squatted
with her hands over her red hair.
She was not looking for customers.
She was in a deep fear.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)