Famous quotes containing the words west, university and/or place:
“Go on, high ship, since now, upon the shore,
The snake has left its skin upon the floor.
Key West sank downward under massive clouds
And silvers and greens spread over the sea. The moon
Is at the mast-head and the past is dead.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“I had a classmate who fitted for college by the lamps of a lighthouse, which was more light, we think, than the University afforded.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Come to think of it, Pasadena’s as good a place to die as any.”
—Michael Tolkin, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Altman. Walter (Fred Ward)