Famous quotes containing the word listen:
“I would like to think that no one would die anymore
if we all believed in daisies
but the worms know better, don’t they?
They slide into the ear of a corpse
and listen to his great sigh.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“They listen for me in the bedroom
To ask me a thing or two
About who is too old to go walking,
With too much stress on the who.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“But go, and if you listen she will call,
Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal—
Luke Havergal.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)