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)

    What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way to the coffin.
    —Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887)

    You are the beautiful half
    Of a golden hurt.
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)