York Mining Disaster

Famous quotes containing the words york, mining and/or disaster:

    So much missing, no sense of self, no core, no trust. Only a deep hollow we need to fill.
    Sister Michele, Indian nun. As quoted in the New York Times Magazine, p. 35 (January 16, 1994)

    It’s a mining town in lotus land.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

    Therefore it was surprising that, as we kept the newspapers from
    Mother,
    She died feeling responsible for a disaster unverified,
    Murmuring, in her sleep as it seemed, the ancient slogan
    Noblesse oblige.
    Josephine Miles (1911–1985)