Border Kings

Famous quotes containing the words border and/or kings:

    “I learn to affirm
    Truth’s light at strange turns of the mind’s road,
    wrong turns that lead
    over the border into wonder....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “‘Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. ‘Tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold and jewels. Real kings hide away their crowns in their wardrobes, and affect a plain and poor exterior.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)