Reed

Famous quotes containing the word reed:

“It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At ... moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.”
—Alice James (1848–1892)

“When you’re growing up in a small town
You know you’ll grow down in a small town
There is only one good use for a small town
You hate it and you know you’ll have to leave.”
—Lou Reed (b. 1944)

“And the frigid burnings of purgatory will not be touched
By any emollient.”
—Henry Reed (1914–1986)