Upper Hirst Coal

Famous quotes containing the words upper and/or coal:

    If the upper beams are not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.
    Chinese proverb.

    And in their blazing solitude
    The stars sang in their sockets through the night:
    “Blow bright, blow bright
    The coal of this unquickened world.”
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)