Drum Machine Called

Famous quotes containing the words drum, machine and/or called:

    “It shall be said that gods are stone.
    Shall a dropped stone drum on the ground,
    Flung gravel chime? Let the stones speak
    With tongues that talk all tongues.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “All day long the machine waits: rooms,
    stairs, carpets, furniture, people
    those people who stand at the open windows like objects
    waiting to topple.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder, so much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see.”
    —Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)