Famous quotes containing the words full and/or measure:
“Oh, little brown girl, born for sorrow’s mate,
Keep all you have of queenliness,
Forgetting that you once were slave,
And let your full lips laugh at Fate!”
—Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)
“I measure myself
Against a tall tree.
I find that I am much taller,
For I reach right up to the sun,
With my eye....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)