Reed

Famous quotes containing the word reed:

“And pray for me also under the draughty stair.
As we get older we do not get any younger.

And pray for Kharma under the holy mountain.”
—Henry Reed (1914–1986)

“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.”
—Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902)

“statistic: the us bureau of missing persons reports
that in 1968 over 100,000 people disappeared
leaving no solid clues
nor traceonly
a space
in the lives of their friends.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)