Volcanic Plains

Famous quotes containing the words volcanic and/or plains:

“Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet volcanic cone;”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

“The Plains are not forgiving. Anything that is shallow—the easy optimism of a homesteader; the false hope that denies geography, climate, history; the tree whose roots don’t reach ground water—will dry up and blow away.”
—Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)