Famous quotes containing the words white, dwarf and/or matter:
“As a bathtub lined with white porcelain,
When the hot water gives out or goes tepid,
So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion,
O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own sizetake my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, its better than a new one.”
—Willa Cather (18731947)