Reed

Famous quotes containing the word reed:

“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.”
—Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902)

“statistic: the us bureau of missing persons reports
that in 1968 over 100,000 people disappeared
leaving no solid clues
nor traceonly
a space
in the lives of their friends.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

“And the frigid burnings of purgatory will not be touched
By any emollient.”
—Henry Reed (1914–1986)