Famous quotes containing the words rare and/or earth:
“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“In a sense the world dies every time a writer dies, because, if he is any good, he has been a wet nurse to humanity during his entire existence and has held earth close around him, like the little obstetrical toad that goes about with a cluster of eggs attached to his legs.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)