Wait

Famous quotes containing the word wait:

““Long for me the rick will wait,
And long will wait the fold,
And long will stand the empty plate,
And dinner will be cold.””
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Let my hands find such symbols, that can be
Unnoticed in the casual light of day,
Lying in wait for half a century
To split chance lives across, that had not dreamed
Such coasts had echoed, or such seabirds screamed.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)