Fragile Palm Leaves

Famous quotes containing the words fragile, palm and/or leaves:

    “The course of my long life hath reached at last
    In fragile bark o’er a tempestuous sea
    The common harbor, where must rendered be
    Account for all the actions of the past.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

    “The body, what is it, Father, but a sign
    To love the force that grows us, to give back
    What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?”
    —Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)

    “Separation’s fire
    can be borne
    when there’s a knot of hope,
    but Mother,
    when my love leaves home
    and stays in the same village,
    it’s far worse than death.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)