Sacred Bone

Famous quotes containing the words sacred and/or bone:

    “See how the sacred old flamingoes come,
    Painting with shadow all the marble steps:
    Aged and wise, they seek their wonted perches
    Within the temple, devious walking, made
    To wander by their melancholy minds.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I wonder, Mr. Bone man, what you’re thinking
    of your fury now, gone sour as a sinking whale,
    crawling up the alphabet on her own bones.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)