“We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants. He will get the moral support, the encouragement, the relief from the sense of loneliness, the assurance of his own worth. But these things pass away; inevitably they pass away as the shadows pass across sundials. It is sad, but it is so. The pages of the book will become familiar; the beautiful corner of the road will have been turned too many times. Well, this is the saddest story.”
Quotes by Ford Madox Ford
“Higher than the beasts, lower than the angels, stuck in our idiot Eden.”
“I know nothing - nothing in the world - of the hearts of men. I only know that I am alone - horribly alone.”
Ford Madox FordFord Madox Ford was an influential English novelist, poet, critic, and editor, recognized for his significant contributions to early 20th-century literature. Born Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hue...