Bay North Stars

Famous quotes containing the words bay, north and/or stars:

    “Shall we now
    Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
    And sell the mighty space of our large honors
    For so much trash as may be grasped thus?
    I had rather be a dog and bay the moon
    Than such a Roman.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Civilization must be destroyed. The hairy saints
    Of the North have earned this crumb by their complaints.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “The stars are pears
    that no one can reach,
    even for a wedding.
    Perhaps for a death.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)