Historical Gross Return

Famous quotes containing the words historical, gross and/or return:

    “What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a Man ... by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts?”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    “I am haunted by interrupted acts,
    introspective as a leper, enchanted
    by a repulsive clew,
    a gross and fugitive movement of the limbs.
    Is this the love that shook the lights to flame?”
    —Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)

    “The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.”
    —Lillian Smith (1897–1966)