Famous quotes containing the words twelve and/or kingdoms:
“Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
“Now they are all on their knees,””
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“All that is told of the sea has a fabulous sound to an inhabitant of the land, and all its products have a certain fabulous quality, as if they belonged to another planet, from seaweed to a sailor’s yarn, or a fish story. In this element the animal and vegetable kingdoms meet and are strangely mingled.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)