Famous quotes containing the words commonwealth, bank and/or series:
“The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It was like passing a boundary to dive
Into the sun-filled water, brightly leafed
And limbed and lighted out from bank to bank.
That’s how the stars shine during the day.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths.”
—Shelley Bovey, U.S. author. Being Fat Is Not a Sin, ch. 1 (1989)