Famous quotes containing the words narrowly and/or missed:
“The poet is a man who lives at last by watching his moods. An old poet comes at last to watch his moods as narrowly as a cat does a mouse.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I missed my chance with one of the lords
Of life.
And I have something to expiate;
A pettiness.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)