Poison Spring State

Famous quotes containing the words poison, spring and/or state:

“I was the poison breather.
I was a professional,
but you saved me
from the awful babble
of that calling.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow;
What are brief? Today and tomorrow;
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth;
What are deep? The ocean and truth.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)

“They will take a state and human nature for their tablet, and begin by making a clean surface.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)