Wick/people

Famous quotes containing the words wick and/or people:

    “There lives within the very flame of love
    A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Clogged and soft and sloppy eyes
    Have lost the light that bites or terrifies.
    There are no swans and swallows any more.
    The people settled for chicken and shut the door.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)