Black Sparrow Press

Famous quotes containing the words black, sparrow and/or press:

    “The monotonous dead clog me up and there is only
    black done in black that oozes from the strongbox.
    I must disembowel it and then set the heart, the legs,
    of two who were one upon a large woodpile
    and ignite, as I was once ignited, and let it whirl
    into flame....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “When a sparrow sips in the river, the water doesn’t recede. Giving charity does not deplete wealth. Saint Kabir says so.”
    —Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.

    “Wit’s forge and fire-blast, meaning’s press and screw.”
    —Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)