Western Gray Whale

Famous quotes containing the words western, gray and/or whale:

“Western man represents himself, on the political or psychological stage, in a spectacular world-theater. Our personality is innately cinematic, light-charged projections flickering on the screen of Western consciousness.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)

“When you are old and gray and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
A darkening shudder; water fell away;
The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.”
—Yvor Winters (1900–1968)