Famous quotes containing the words light and/or mortar:
“They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“For the first time I’m content to see
What poor mortar and bricks
I have to build with, knowing that I can
Never in seventy years be more a man
Than now a sack of meal upon two sticks.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)