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)

    “Dark accurate plunger down the successive knell
    Of arch on arch, where ogives burst a red
    Reverberance of hail upon the dead
    Thunder like an exploding crucible!”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)