Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.


The Complete Works (ed. 1834)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quotes

Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.

Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.

Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.

Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.