Glass

Famous quotes containing the word glass:

“Heaven has a Sea of Glass on which angels go sliding every afternoon. There are many golden streets, but the principal thoroughfares are Amen Street and Hallelujah Avenue, which intersect in front of the Throne. These streets play tunes when walked on, and all shoes have songs in them.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“Or your liquors seep to me, in this glass capsule,
Dulling and stilling.

But colourless. Colourless.”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

“Nor do I try to keep a garden, only
An avocado in a glass of water—”
—James Merrill (b. 1926)