Mother Tongues

Famous quotes containing the words mother and/or tongues:

    If God made me a princess, why didn’t he take a little more time and make my hair so it wouldn’t snarl?
    —Robert N. Lee. Rowland V. Lee. Princess, Tower of London, while the Princess’ mother is combing her hair (1939)

    The air split into nine levels,
    Some gift of tongues of the whistler
    James Dickey (b. 1923)