Quotes by Orczy, Baroness

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gent >>

To love, for us men, is to clasp one woman with our arms, feeling that >>

Your mock saint who stands in a niche is not a woman if she have not s >>

Quotations about Sea

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomp >>

The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, >>

Wide sea, that one continuous murmur breeds along the pebbled shore of >>

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay. When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness, and to speak to us of hopelessness and of the pettiness of all our joys.

Orczy, Baroness