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Dagmar Godowsky Quotes

Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.

Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.

Dagmar Godowsky
Two, Too Late, Tongue
Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.

Dagmar Godowsky
Husband, Two, Dear

[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!

Dagmar Godowsky
Dance, Men, Iron
Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

Dagmar Godowsky
Music, Russia, Snow
Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

Lazy people always work harder than anyone else; they're so eager to get through and lie down again.

Dagmar Godowsky
Lying, Hard Work, Lazy People
Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.

Dagmar Godowsky
People, Age, Difficult
Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

I've always burned my bridges before me.

Dagmar Godowsky
Bridges, Burned
Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

In those days I was a slip of a thing with a divine figure and a face I was certain drove men wild. There is no doubt that I was the most conceited thing that ever lived. I simply adored Dagmar Godowsky and it was a passion that has withstood the test of time.

Dagmar Godowsky
Passion, Conceited, Men
Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult

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