Famous quotes containing the words plane and/or waves:
“In time the scouring of wind and rain will wear down the ranges and plane off the region until it has the drab monotony of the older deserts. In the meantime—a two-million-year meantime—travelers may enjoy the cruel beauties of a desert in its youth,....”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Achilles had strapped the wind
About his ankles,
He brushed rocks
The waves had flung.
He ran in armour.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)