Famous quotes containing the words direct, dry and/or heat:
“The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing.”
—Marcel Proust (18711922)
“This was the most completely maritime town that we were ever in. It was merely a good harbor, surrounded by land, dry if not firm,an inhabited beach, whereon fishermen cured and stored their fish, without any back country.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“... often in the heat of noonday, leaning on a hoe, looking across valleys at the mountains, so blue, so close, my only conscious thought was, How can I ever get away from here? How can I get to where they have books, where I can be educated? I worked hard, always waiting for something to happen to change things. There came a time when I knew I must make them happen; that no one would do anything about it for me. And I did.”
—Belinda Jelliffe (18921979)