Southern House Wren

Famous quotes containing the words southern, house and/or wren:

    Come on, untie me or I’m gonna call your parents.
    —Terry Southern (b. 1924)

    The wheels and springs of man are all set to the hypothesis of the permanence of nature. We are not built like a ship to be tossed, but like a house to stand.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Old, aching God, grey with endless care,
    calmly piercing evil’s new disguises,
    glad of good surprises, wiser than despair
    Hail and Hosanna, old, aching God!
    —Brian Wren (b. 1936)