True Geese

Famous quotes containing the words true and/or geese:

    “We can never safely exceed the actual facts in our narratives. Of pure invention, such as some suppose, there is no instance. To write a true work of fiction even is only to take leisure and liberty to describe some things more exactly as they are.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “the clanging chains
    of geese are harnessed to the moon:”
    —Roy Campbell (1902–1957)