Famous quotes containing the word mortal:
“Better than mortal flowers,
Thy moon-kissed roses seem: better than love or sleep,
The star-crowned solitude of thine oblivious hours!”
—Ernest Christopher Dowson (18671900)
“In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.”
—François Rabelais (14941553)
“I think I see her sitting bowed and black,
Stricken and seared with slaverys mortal scars,
Reft of her children, lonely, anguished, yet
Still looking at the stars.”
—Jessie Fauset (20th century)
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