Crane

Famous quotes containing the word crane:

    When I show my grandchildren, I have a wonderful feeling of pride. I say, “See that crane way, way up there? Grandma used to run a crane like that during the war.”
    —Jennette Hyman Nuttall U.S. (former)

    they are brown and soft,
    And liable to melt as snow.
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)

    Yet, to the empty trapeze of your flesh,
    O Magdalene, each comes back to die alone.
    Then you, the burlesque of our lust—and faith,
    Lug us back lifeward—bone by infant bone.
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)