Large Rifle

Famous quotes containing the words large and/or rifle:

    If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’
    —Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)