Tight

Famous quotes containing the word tight:

“I can hear, underground, that sucking and sobbing,
In my veins, in my bones I feel it,—
The small waters seeping upward,
The tight grains parting at last.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

“Oh! what a snug little Island,
A right little, tight little Island!”
—Thomas Dibdin (1771–1841)

“Women have no wilderness in them,
They are provident instead,
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts
To eat dusty bread.”
—Louise Bogan (1897–1970)