Imperial Period

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or period:

    “When your fathers fixed the place of GOD,
    And settled all the inconvenient saints,
    Apostles, martyrs, in a kind of Whipsnade,
    Then they could set about imperial expansion
    Accompanied by industrial development.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.”
    —Don Delillo (b. 1926)