Pit Fiend Greater

Famous quotes containing the words pit, fiend and/or greater:

    “the hind
    stepped down

    into the pit of
    the empty
    flowerpot”
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    “Our pleasance here is all vain glory,
    This false world is but transitory;
    The flesh is bruckle, the Fiend is slee:—
    Timor Mortis conturbat me.”
    —William Dunbar (c. 1465–c. 1530)

    “Greater than scene ... is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who will never be confined in any frame.”
    —Eudora Welty (b. 1909)