Quotes About Inkwell

Danglars was one of those calculating men who are born with a pen behind their ear and an inkwell instead of a heart.

I feel love for all this, perhaps because I have nothing else to love ... even though nothing truly merits the love of any soul, if, out of sentiment, we must give it, I might as well lavish it on the smallness of an inkwell as on the grand indifference of the stars.

I'm sure many have spoken of her." Lincoln reached for his pen, dipped it in the inkwell. "She is Elizabeth Edwards' sister." "For which she has my sympathies.

I keep two sentimental mementos on my desk to remind me of two favorite men. There is an inkwell that my Uncle Seymour made, a brass grotesque he mounted on a marble base. And my grandfather's shaving cup is there, used to store pencils and pens.

Mabel likened Lavinia's hand to a demented spider who has fallen into an inkwell.

My self-righteous rage burns until I am forced to concede that I, in fact, have told them nothing. This language that I dip into like a dry inkwell has failed me.