There was a young lady named Mae
Who smoked without stopping all day;
As pack followed pack,
Her lungs first turned black,
And eventually rotted away.

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: smoking cigarettes



Weiter zum Zitat


A small and sinister snow seems to be coming down relentlessly at present. The radio says it is eventually going to be sleet and rain, but I don't think so; I think it is just going to go on and on, coming down, until the whole world...etc. It has that look.

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: rain new-england snow weather sleet



Weiter zum Zitat


...my least favorite actress of all time, Helena Bonham Carter. I find her lack of a neck very off-putting and especially her acting.

Edward Gorey


Weiter zum Zitat


Some tiny creature, mad with wrath, is coming nearer on the path.

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: strange



Weiter zum Zitat


I suppose it was obvious that The Loathsome Couple was based on the Moors Murders, which disturbed me very greatly for some reason.

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: moors ian-brady moors-murders myra-hindley the-moors-murders



Weiter zum Zitat


let's take the time that has been given to us and find that clock.

Edward Gorey


Weiter zum Zitat


The Suicide, as she is falling,
Illuminated by the moon,
Regrets her act, and finds appalling
The thought she will be dead so soon.

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: suicide edward-gorey



Weiter zum Zitat


Mr Earbrass escaped from Messrs Scuffle and Dustcough, who were most anxious to go into all the ramifications of a scheme for having his novels translated into Urdu, and went to call on a distant cousin.

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: urdu



Weiter zum Zitat


Mr Earbrass stands on the terrace at twilight. It is bleak; it is cold; and the virtue has gone out of everything. Words drift through his mind: anguish turnips conjunctions illness defeat string parties no parties urns desuetude disaffection claws loss Trebizond napkins shame stones distance fever Antipodes mush glaciers incoherence labels miasma amputation tides deceit mourning elsewards...

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: words



Weiter zum Zitat


I have given up considering happiness as relevant.

Edward Gorey

Stichwörter: happiness



Weiter zum Zitat


« erste vorherige
Seite 5 von 6.
nächste letzte »

©gutesprueche.com

Data privacy

Imprint
Contact
Wir benutzen Cookies

Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.

OK Ich lehne Cookies ab