David Jones > David's Quotes

“But Fate does iron wedges drive,
And always crowds itself betwixt.”
― Andrew Marvell

“What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?”
― Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

“Those whom God wishes to destroy he drives mad.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“Better to live one true life than a thousand lies.”
― David Jones

“Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But all these in their pregnant causes mixed/ Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight,/ Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain/ His dark materials to create more worlds,--/ Into this wild Abyss the wary Fiend/ Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while,/ Pondering his voyage; for no narrow frith/ He had to cross. ”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost