Red Hook High

Famous quotes containing the words red, hook and/or high:

    “The curse of hell upon the sleek upstart
    That got the Captain finally on his back
    And took the red red vitals of his heart
    And made the kites to whet their beaks clack clack.”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    “And yet—it is not beauty that inspires the deepest passion. Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. Beauty, without expression, tires.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “But look, the morn in russet mantle clad
    Walks o’er the dew of yon high eastward hill.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)