Black Stuff Gown

Famous quotes containing the words black, stuff and/or gown:

    “A slight wind shakes the seed-pods
    my thoughts are spent
    as the black seeds.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Y’know Pete, back where I come from folks call that love stuff “quick poison” or “slow poison.” If it’s quick poison it hurts you all over real bad like a shock of electricity. But if it’s slow poison, well, it’s like a fever that aches in your bones for a thousand years.”
    —Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)

    “Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,
    My staff of faith to walk upon,
    My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
    My bottle of salvation,
    My gown of glory, hope’s true gage,
    And thus I’ll take my pilgrimage.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)