Famous quotes containing the words cross and/or keys:
“There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,why, they are in the happy condition of judicious, unincumbered travellers in Europe; they cross the frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet-bag,that is to say, the Ego. Whereas those yes-gentry, they travel with heaps of baggage, and, damn them! they will never get through the Custom House.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“McCoy: That sharks been following us ever since the surgeon died, waiting for the burial. Couldnt I have a musket to shoot it, sir?
Fletcher Christian: Take the deck, McCoy. Ill get the keys to the arms chest.
McCoy: Get two muskets, sir. Id like to shoot that shark on board.”
—Talbot Jennings (18961985)