White Wins

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or wins:

    “I’ve often wondered why she laughed
    On thinking why I wondered so;
    It seemed such waste that long white hands
    Should touch my hands and let them go.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “You always read about it:
    the plumber with twelve children
    who wins the Irish Sweepstakes.
    From toilets to riches.
    That story.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)