Silk Cocoons

Famous quotes containing the words silk and/or cocoons:

“Her fortune, too, lies there,
Converted into cool hard steel
And right red velvet lining;
While over her tan impassivity
Shot silk is shining.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“In our rich consumers’ civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.”
—Max Lerner (b. 1902)