The Locusts Have No King Quotes

“Bad weather friends were as undependable as fair weather friends in a crisis, the relationship in both cases being dictated by conditions of fortune instead of mutual tastes.”
― Dawn Powell, The Locusts Have No King

“I used to think old age was a kind of feather bed you gradually sank down into, but it’s not. It’s a goddam stone wall you butt your head into till it cracks.”
― Dawn Powell, The Locusts Have No King

“My great ambition has always prevented me from doing anything.”
― Dawn Powell, The Locusts Have No King

“Underneath the woes of the world ran the firm roots of the platitudes, the calendar slogans, the song cues, a safety net to catch the heart after its vain quest for private solutions.”
― Dawn Powell, The Locusts Have No King

“Nobody ever decided anything. Situations were solved only by other situations.”
― Dawn Powell, The Locusts Have No King