Slaughter Pen Farm

Famous quotes containing the words slaughter, pen and/or farm:

“I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)

“Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

“A farm is a good thing, when it begins and ends with itself, and does not need a salary, or a shop, to eke it out.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)