Quotes about Annihilates

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.

A woman's hopes are hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.

As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the desire to act. It is superbly sterile. The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.