London Country South

Famous quotes containing the words london, country and/or south:

    “...of all the shoddy foreigners one encounters, there are none so depressing as the London shoddy.”
    —Willa Cather (1876–1947)

    “Heaven is not built of country seats
    But little queer suburban streets.”
    —Christopher Morley (1890–1957)

    “Even when seen from near, the olive shows
    A hue of far away. Perhaps for this
    The dove brought olive back, a tree which grows
    Unearthly pale, which ever dims and dries,
    And whose great thirst, exceeding all excess,
    Teaches the South it is not paradise.”
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)