Famous quotes containing the words fathom, prelude and/or beginnings:
“O coz, coz, coz, my pretty little coz, that thou didst know
how many fathom deep I am in love!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“These beginnings of commerce on a lake in the wilderness are very interesting,—these larger white birds that come to keep company with the gulls.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)