Lyman Beecher Brooks

Famous quotes containing the words lyman, beecher and/or brooks:

    “Isn’t it strange some people make
    You feel so tired inside,
    Your thoughts begin to shrivel up
    Like leaves all brown and dried!”
    —Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942)

    “A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that setness in trifles which is the result of the unwatched instinct of self-will and to establish over himself a jealous guardianship.”
    —Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)

    “Whether to dry
    In humming pallor or to leap and die.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)