Pointed Stars

Famous quotes containing the words pointed and/or stars:

    I heard the beat of centaur’s hoofs over the hard turf
    As his dry and passionate talk devoured the afternoon.
    “He is a charming man” “But after all what did he mean?”—
    “His pointed ears. ... He must be unbalanced,”—
    “There was something he said that I might have challenged.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    The stars have grooved our eyes with old persuasions
    Of love and hatred, birth,—surcease of nations . . .
    Hart Crane (1899–1932)