Le Saint Esprit

Famous quotes containing the words saint and/or esprit:

    “Child in the womb,
    Or saint on a tomb
    Which way shall I lie
    To fall asleep?”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “If the heart has its reasons, perhaps the body
    Has its own lumbering sort of carnal spirit,
    Felt in the tingling bruises of collision,
    And known to captains as esprit de corps.”
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)