Mushroom/growth

Famous quotes containing the words mushroom and/or growth:

    We breathe an ill wind,
    nevertheless our kind
    in mushroom multitudes
    jostles for elbow-room
    moonwards ...
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summer and wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us—it has come to stay—and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation.
    Clara Barton (1821–1912)