Extinction Burst

Famous quotes containing the words extinction and/or burst:

    Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.
    Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    It was so old a ship—who knows, who knows?
    MAnd yet so beautiful, I watched in vain
    To see the mast burst open with a rose,
    And the whole deck put on its leaves again.
    James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)