The Silver Wolf Quotes

“Love is eternal. That is its terror and its final beauty. Love never ends. The joy may go out of it, and, in time, even the pain may end. But it lingers like a living thing and follows you every moment of your life.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf

“Do we despise the rose because its beauty is fleeting? Some do, and seek comfort in glass or marble... ...Glass shatters, marble is eaten away by the tides of time. But the rose has unfurled its banner every spring to the sun and will do so for god knows how many uncounted ages more.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf

“In answer to your question, I believe stupidity is the most dangerous. Stupid people are more apt to refuse to face facts, to barricade themselves behind some obscure point of law or their own silly notions of propriety. Or worse yet, refuse to make a decision until they are facing disaster.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf

“My father told me that if a man is the head of the house, the woman is its heart. And a man without a heart is no more than a corpse.”
― Alice Borchardt, The Silver Wolf