Hughes Rock Bit

Famous quotes containing the words hughes, rock and/or bit:

    “Clean the spittoons.
    The steam in hotel kitchens,
    And the smoke in hotel lobbies,
    And the slime in hotel spittoons:
    Part of my life.”
    —Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

    ““O what unlucky streak
    Twisting inside me, made me break the line?
    What was the rock my gliding childhood struck,
    And what bright unreal path has led me here?””
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)