Arthur Kingfisher

Famous quotes containing the words arthur and/or kingfisher:

    “Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil’s pet baits. In larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed....”
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    “the mud
    Flies from his hunching wings and beak—my heart,
    The blue kingfisher dives on you in fire.”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)