Famous quotes containing the word sisters:
“The youngest stood upon a stane,
The eldest cam and pushd her in.”
—Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 1516)
“Tis not Apollo can, or those thrice three
Castalian sisters sing, if wanting thee.
Horace, Anacreon both had lost their fame.
Hadst thou not filled them with thy fire and flame.”
—Robert Herrick (15911674)
“If the Christ were content with humble toilers for disciples, that wasnt good enough for our Bert. He wanted dukes half sisters and belted earls wiping his feet with their hair; grand apotheosis of the snob, to humiliate the objects of his own awe by making them venerate him.”
—Angela Carter (19401992)
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