Pole Vault Stars

Famous quotes containing the words pole, vault and/or stars:

“No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

“Howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones!
Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so
That heaven’s vault should crack. She’s gone forever.
I know when one is dead and when one lives;
She’s dead as earth.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Victorian sorrow: the stars are winking in the sky, but not for us.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)