Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist, Philosopher
"Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps of straw."
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Wisps
6 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist, Satirist
"To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life."
Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory."
L. Frank Baum
Author
"I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp..."
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