Black Stuff Gown

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

    “Soon,
    Light from a small intense lopsided moon
    Shows them, black as their shadows, sleeping so.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.”
    —William Golding (b. 1911)

    “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)