Lucy Mark

Famous quotes containing the words lucy and/or mark:

“She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and oh,
The difference to me!”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother.... Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can’t even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.”
—Norman Douglas (1868–1952)