Bright Meteors

Famous quotes containing the words bright and/or meteors:

    “Shuttles in the rocking loom of history,
    the dark ships move, the dark ships move,
    their bright ironical names
    like jests of kindness on a murderer’s mouth;”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains:
    shine, perishing republic.”
    —Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)