Perish

Famous quotes containing the word perish:

“O poplar, you are great
among the hill-stones,
while I perish on the path
among the crevices of the rocks.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“Only when manhood is dead—and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it—only then will we know what it is to be free.”
—Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)

“O night,
you take the petals
of the roses in your hand,
but leave the stark core
of the rose
to perish on the branch.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)