Famous quotes containing the words main, stem and/or river:
“Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“The lotus stem is as long as the depth of water,
So mens height is just as great as their inner strength.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)
“You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,
Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks.
From river to river you comb the town
For a place to lay your family down.”
—Ogden Nash (19021971)
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