Famous quotes containing the words black, eye and/or stripe:
“A great black presence beats its wings in wrath.
Above the boneyard burn its golden eyes.
Some small grey fur is pulsing in its grip.”
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)
“Will this thought rise on those who will meet my face no more,
“He was one who had an eye for such mysteries”?”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”
—Bible: Hebrew Exodus 21:23.
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