Famous quotes containing the word shadows:
“The shows of the day, the dewy morning, the rainbow, mountains, orchards in blossom, stars, moonlight, shadows in still water, and the like, if too eagerly hunted, become shows merely, and mock us with their unreality.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“When the nights coming and the last light falls
A weak child among lost shadows on the floor....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Billie Holidays burned voice
had as many shadows as lights,
a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano,
the gardenia her signature under that ruined face.
...
If you cant be free, be a mystery.”
—Rita Dove (b. 1952)
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