Famous quotes containing the words corpse and/or history:
“Light
Flashed from his matted head and marble feet,
He grappled at the net
With the coiled, hurdling muscles of his thighs:
The corpse was bloodless, a botch of reds and whites,”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)