“If e'er I win a parting token, 'Tis something that has lost its power-- A chain that has been used and broken, A ruin'd glove, a faded flower; Something that makes my pleasure less, Something that means--forgetfulness.” IfsMeanHas BeensUsedWinningLostPleasureFlowerBrokenRuinsChainsPartingGlovesForgetfulnessFadedTokens Author:Nathaniel Parker Willis
“Satan's gotta get along without me. Since I've broke the chain of sin I know for sure that he can't win.” KnowsWinningSinChainsBrokeSatanCan't Win Author:Buck Owens
“Stupid women, and all are stupid, think the first winning of the man the final victory. Then they settle down and grow fat, and stale, and dead, and heartbroken. Alas, they are so stupid. But you, little infant-woman with your first victory, you must make your love-life an unending chain of victories. Each day you must win your man again. And when you have won the last victory, when you can find no more to win, then ends love. Finis is written, and your man wanders in strange gardens.” ThinkingMenFirstsLittlesEndsLastsWinningGrowsWrittenStupidStrangeHe ManVictoryGardenDown AndFinalsFatsWanderChainsSettlingEach DayLove LifeAlasInfantHeartbrokenStaleSettling DownUnending Book:The Valley of the Moon: Classic American Literature Source: The Valley of the Moon: Classic American Literature