Harriet H. Robinson

Famous quotes containing the words harriet and/or robinson:

    “Many Americans imagine simpler times even as a storm of social change swirls about, blowing parents here and children there. Sure, the 1950s ideal world would be wonderful. But knock on the nation’s doors: Ozzie and Harriet are seldom at home.”
    —Leslie Dreyfous (20th century)

    “There was not much that was ahead of him,
    And there was nothing in the town below—
    Where strangers would have shut the many doors
    That many friends had opened long ago.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)