William Empson Quotes

"My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you."
- William Empson
(Related: Heart, Poison)

"Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills."
- William Empson
(Related: Failure, Blood, Effort, Poison, Waste)

"The heart of standing is you cannot fly."
- William Empson
(Related: Heart)

"Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end."
- William Empson
(Related: Boys, End, Waiting)

"You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there."
- William Empson
(Related: Want)

"Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men."
- William Empson
(Related: Men, Law)