Crimson/history

Famous quotes containing the words crimson and/or history:

    “O Rose, thou art sick!
    The invisible worm
    That flies in the night,
    In the howling storm,
    Has found out thy bed
    Of crimson joy:
    And his dark secret love
    Does thy life destroy.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)