Ivory Body

Famous quotes containing the words ivory and/or body:

“The only refuge left to us was the poet’s ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.”
—Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)

“Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)