Emerald Ash Borers

Famous quotes containing the words emerald and/or ash:

    “Well, Mr. Thornton, you are a wonder. It looks the way all Irish cottages should and so seldom do. And only an American would have thought of emerald green.”
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)

    “Of the crow-blue mussel shells, one keeps
    adjusting the ash heaps;
    opening and shutting itself like

    an
    injured fan.”
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)