Famous quotes containing the words closed and/or syllables:
“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)
“I remember the neckcurls, limp and damp as tendrils;
And her quick look, a sidelong pickerel smile;
And how, once startled into talk, the light syllables leaped for
her.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)