Famous quotes containing the word whisper:
“The oldlike childrentalk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to ones beloved, the only ears that can ever hear ones secrets are ones own!”
—Eugene ONeill (18881953)
“Down, wanton, down! Have you no shame
That at the whisper of Loves name,
Or Beautys, presto! up you raise
Your angry head and stand at gaze?”
—Robert Graves (18951985)
“The bay-trees in our country are all withered,
And meteors fright the fixèd stars of heaven.
The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth,
And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change.
Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap;
The one in fear to lose what they enjoy,
The other to enjoy by rage and war.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)