Strong Pale

Famous quotes containing the words strong and/or pale:

    We say justly that the weak person is flat, for, like all flat substances, he does not stand in the direction of his strength, that is, on his edge, but affords a convenient surface to put upon. He slides all the way through life.... But the brave man is a perfect sphere, which cannot fall on its flat side and is equally strong every way.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Horse, you flame thrower,
    you shark-mouthed man,
    you laughter at the end of poems,
    you brown furry locomotive
    whipping the snow, I am
    a pale shadow beside you.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)