Branch Root River

Famous quotes containing the words branch, root and/or river:

    “The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”
    —James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)

    “And a man of tan engages
    For the springtime of her pride,
    Eats the green by easy stages,
    Nibbles at the root beneath
    With intimidating teeth.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “There are knives that glitter like altars
    In a dark church
    Where they bring the cripple and the imbecile
    To be healed.

    There’s a woden block where bones are broken,
    Scraped clean—a river dried to its bed”
    —Charles Simic (b. 1938)