Dried

Famous quotes containing the word dried:

“Sang a bone upon the shore;
“A child found all a child can lack,
Whether of pleasure or of rest,
Upon the abundance of my breast”:
A bone wave-whitened and dried in the wind.
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Their looks show that they’re for it:
Ash hair, toad hands, prune face dried into lines
How can they ignore it?”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Darkness; a desire to stretch, to scratch.
Then has the ? Then is it ? Nudge the thatch,
Displace the stiffened leaves: look out. How cold,
How dried a stillness....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)