Ghost Town and Calico Railway

Famous quotes containing the words ghost, town, calico and/or railway:

“Silence and passion, joy and peace,
An everlasting wash of air—
Rome’s ghost since her
decease.”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)

“Every town has an Elm Street.”
—Michael Deluca, U.S. screenwriter, and Rachel Talalay. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund)

“In the felt of the morning the calico minded,
sufficiently starched, insert papers, hit keys,
efficient and sure as their adding machines;
yet they weep in the vault,”
—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)

“Her personality had an architectonic quality; I think of her when I see some of the great London railway termini, especially St. Pancras, with its soot and turrets, and she overshadowed her own daughters, whom she did not understand—my mother, who liked things to be nice; my dotty aunt. But my mother had not the strength to put even some physical distance between them, let alone keep the old monster at emotional arm’s length.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)