Famous quotes containing the words pine, bottom and/or run:
“For a hundred and fifty years, in the pasture of dead horses,
roots of pine trees pushed through the pale curves of your ribs,
yellow blossoms flourished above you in autumn, and in winter
frost heaved your bones in the groundold toilers, soil makers:
O Roger, Mackerel, Riley, Ned, Nellie, Chester, Lady Ghost.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)
“In things abstract, men but differ in the sounds that come from their mouths, and not in the wordless thoughts lying at the bottom of their beings.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
Ill bet my money on de bobtail nag
Somebody bet on de bay.”
—Stephen Collins Foster (18261864)
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