Shadows

Famous quotes containing the word shadows:

“Seven times tried that judgment is
That did never choose amiss.
Some there be that shadows kiss,
Such have but a shadow’s bliss.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Facts are generally overesteemed. For most practical purposes, a thing is what men think it is. When they judged the earth flat, it was flat. As long as men thought slavery tolerable, tolerable it was. We live down here among shadows, shadows among shadows.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)

“Billie Holiday’s burned voice
had as many shadows as lights,
a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano,
the gardenia her signature under that ruined face.
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If you can’t be free, be a mystery.”
—Rita Dove (b. 1952)