Famous quotes containing the words frederick and/or north:
“For should your hands drop white and empty
All the toys of the world would break.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)
“—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.
Turn as I please, my step is to the south.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)