Pierce

Famous quotes containing the word pierce:

    “... I have what no young man can have
    Because he loves too much.
    Words I have that can pierce the heart,
    But what can he do but touch?”
    Day-break and a candle end.

    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Now you grab me by the ankles.
    Now you work your way up the legs
    and come to pierce me at my hunger mark.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    At night thousands of names and slogans are outlined in neon, and searchlight beams often pierce the sky, perhaps announcing a motion picture premiere, perhaps the opening of a new hamburger stand.
    —For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)