Famous quotes containing the words carthage, courthouse and/or square:
“To Carthage then I came”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“It is told that some divorcees, elated by their freedom, pause on leaving the courthouse to kiss a front pillar, or even walk to the Truckee to hurl their wedding rings into the river; but boys who recover the rings declare they are of the dime-store variety, and accuse the throwers of fraudulent practices.”
—Administration in the State of Neva, U.S. public relief program. Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State (The WPA Guide to Nevada)
“Houses haunt me.
That last house!
How it sat like a square box!”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)