Famous quotes containing the words countee cullen, cullen and/or library:
“I cut my teeth as the black raccoon—
For implements of battle.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
“Africa? A book one thumbs
Listlessly, till slumber comes.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
“That a famous library has been cursed by a woman is a matter of complete indifference to a famous library. Venerable and calm, with all its treasures safe locked within its breast, it sleeps complacently and will, so far as I am concerned, so sleep forever. Never will I wake these echoes, never will I ask for that hospitality again ...”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)