Calamity Coyote

Famous quotes containing the words calamity and/or coyote:

“A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

“How coyote got his
ratty old fur coat
bits of old fur
the sparrows stuck on him
with dabs of pitch.
That was after he lost his proud original one in a poker game.”
—Leslie Marmon Silko (b. 1948)