Soft Hammers

Famous quotes containing the words soft and/or hammers:

    “Not honey, not the sweet
    stain on the lips and teeth:
    not honey, not the deep
    plunge of soft belly
    and the clinging of the gold-edged
    pollen-dusted feet.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Most of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)