Diving/governance

Famous quotes containing the words diving and/or governance:

    “all the fine
    Points of diving feet together toes pointed hands shaped right
    To insert her into water like a needle”
    —James Dickey (b. 1923)

    “He yaf me al the bridel in myn hand,
    To han the governance of hous and land,
    And of his tonge and his hand also;”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)