Quote#Time
Space is a wind that does not blow
Quote byHumbert Wolfe · 1885–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Betelgeuse", from The Unknown Goddess (London: Methuen, [1925] 1927) p. 34..
English (original)
Space is a wind that does not blow On Betelgeuse and time – oh time – is a bird, Whose wings have never stirred The golden avenues of leaves On Betelgeuse.
— Humbert Wolfe
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