Edge

Famous quotes containing the word edge:

    They call back to us
    from the gauzy edge of paradise,
    good news, good news.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanship—the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.
    Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

    Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.
    —H.G. (Herbert George)