Famous quotes containing the words crown, literary and/or award:
“Give me simplicity, that I may live,
So live and like, that I may know Thy ways,
Know them and practise them: then shall I give
For this poor wreath, give Thee a crown of praise.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“A literary woman’s best critic is her husband ...”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)