Curtain lectures Quotes

“Instead of hiding behind the curtain, be the curtain itself; you will never be found!”

“The Old Woman asked, "Here you are, dear Youth, you are looking at the Garden and do not know that it is an evil Garden. Here you are waiting for the Beautiful Woman and do not know that her beauty is destructive. You have been living in my room for two years and never before have you become so engrossed as you have today. Apparently your turn has come too. Go away from the window before it is too late, do not breathe the evil fragrance of these deceitful flowers and do not wait for the Beautiful Woman to appear below your window and enchant you. She will come, she will enchant you, and you will follow her against your will.Speaking thus, the Old Woman lit two candles on the table where some books were lying, banged the window shut and drew the curtain tightly across the window. The curtain rings scraped lightly along the bronze curtain rod, and the yellow linen of the curtain fluttered and once again lay motionless — and the room became cheerful, comfortable and peaceful. And it seemed that there was no longer any garden beyond the window, nor was there any sorcery in the world, and everything was simple, ordinary, and would remain so once and for all.("The Poison Garden")”

“Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all.”

“The next morning I was up bright and early. Mostly because I'd sold the curtains.”

“A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.”

“Open the curtains of your mind! If there is light outside, it will come in; if there is light inside, it will go out! Keep the curtains open!”

“When you live in a glass house,buying curtains for the windows doesn't help.”

“Besides what endless brawls by wives are bred,The curtain lecture makes a mournful bed.”

“You like? she asked Slade. He gave her a head nod and she vanished behind the curtain.That's my sister, he said, pointing at the closed curtain.I shrugged. "I'm glad you guys are so close.”

“CURTAIN CALLThe world is our stage and the final act can highlight or ruin a beautiful play”