Seize

Famous quotes containing the word seize:

“Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich being poor,
Most choice forsaken, and most loved despised,
Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Woman—for example, look at her case! She turns tantalizing inviting glances on you. You seize her. No sooner does she feel herself in your grasp than she closes her eyes. It is a sign of her mission, the sign by which she says to man: “Blind yourself, for I am blind.””
—Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)

“By med’cine life may be prolong’d, yet death
Will seize the doctor too.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)