Her manner was as though she were talking of a distant foreign literature. There was something lonely, something sad in it, something that rather suggested a beggar who has lost all desire.

Create free wallpaper (Make a wallpaper or screensaver out of this quote with your image)

Her manner was as though she were talking of a distant foreign literature. There was something lonely, something sad in it, something that rather suggested a beggar who has lost all desire. - Yasunari Kawabata

---

Related Authors
George Orwell | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Xiaolu Guo | Walter Scott | Don DeLillo | Emily Bronte | Alice Munro | Alphonse de Lamartine |

Related Quotes

I belong to everybody, and I belong to nobody.

Muhammadu Buhari

Belong Everybody Nobody I

---

A Former Friend Is Far Worse Than A Known Enemy.

Annie Macaulay-Idibia

Former friend Far worse Known enemy

---

Leadership is inspiring extraordinary people to step up and serve their country.

Justin Trudeau

Leadership Inspiring Step up Extraordinary people

---

Hard work and persistence is usually a good formula.

Falz

Hard work Persistence Good Formula

---

History is written by the victors.

Walter Benjamin

History Written Victors By

---

This pandemic is a rough road and the despair and long wait are leaks in our spiritual life that if not patched urgently, can make us lose our greatness.

Osagie Ize-Iyamu

Rough road Despair Spiritual life Greatness

---

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

Ludwig von Mises

Government Man Richer Poorer

---

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

Francis Chan

God's Definition Matters Pretty

---

Most Girls pray For Hardworking men, Yet they don't respond To Greetings From Bricklayers.

Basketmouth

Girls Hardworking Men Greetings

---

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.

Judith Butler

Lose Read Transformed World

---

Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.

Plato

Root Stem Evil Every

---

The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose. So live purposefully, not carelessly.

Reno Omokri

Life Purpose Carelessly Live

---

Her manner was as though she were talking of a distant foreign literature. There was something lonely, something sad in it, something that rather suggested a beggar who has lost all desire. - Reno Omokri quotes