Fine Mess

Famous quotes containing the words fine and/or mess:

    She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. The only difficulty was that after finishing the last sentence she was left with a feeling at once hollow and uncomfortably full. Exactly like indigestion.
    Jean Rhys (1894–1979)

    Scholars are wont to sell their birthright for a mess of learning.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)