Hecht

Famous quotes containing the word hecht:

    Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you’re in over your head.
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)

    It’s all very well to dream of a dove that saves,
    Picasso’s or the Pope’s
    The one that annually coos in Our Lady’s ear
    Half the world’s hopes,
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

    The eventual shapes of all our formless prayers,
    This dark, this cabin of loose imaginings,
    Wind, lake, lip, everything awaits
    The slow unloosening of her underthings.
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)