Courthouse Burned

Famous quotes containing the words courthouse and/or burned:

“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)

“the dry indifferent glare in my mind’s eye
wavered but burned on.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)