Black Stuff Gown

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

    “I could see the thing
    with its black head
    but there wasn’t a tear left
    and the scar of my wound
    was hard.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard.”
    —Robertson Davies (b. 1913)

    “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)