Long Island Motor

Famous quotes containing the words long, island and/or motor:

    “I concentrate.
    My books hypnotize each other.
    Jarrell tells Bishop to stare
    at the spot. Tate
    tells Plath she’s going under.
    Eliot remembers his long lost mother....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “This biplane is the shape of human flight.
    Its name might better be First Motor Kite.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)