Palace Lock Heart

Famous quotes containing the words palace, lock and/or heart:

    The homely Nurse doth all she can
    To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man,
    Forget the glories he hath known,
    And that imperial palace whence he came.
    William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    Benjamin: Are you always this much afraid of being alone?
    Mrs. Robinson: Yes.
    Benjamin: Well, why can’t you just lock the doors and go to bed?
    Mrs. Robinson: I’m very neurotic.
    Calder Willingham (1923–1995)

    Haul them off! Hide them!
    The heart winces
    For junk and gimcrack,
    for jerrybuilt things
    And the men who make them
    for a little money,
    Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)