Famous quotes containing the words outer, hair and/or cells:
“The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)
“Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat
Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast,
Drowning loves lonely hour in deep twilight of rest....”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“They are sworn enemies of lyric poetry.
In prison they accompany the jailer,
Enter cells to hear confessions.
Their short-end comes down
When you least expect it.”
—Charles Simic (b. 1938)