Watery Lane

Famous quotes containing the words watery and/or lane:

    “Let us erect in the Basin a lofty fountain.
    Suckled on ponds, the spirit craves a watery mountain.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Making the best of things is ... a damn poor way of dealing with them.... My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand [ellipses in source].”
    —Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968)