Woman Peeling Apples

Famous quotes containing the words woman, peeling and/or apples:

    When a woman drinks it’s as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It’s a slur on the divine in our nature.
    Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)

    It’s peeling now, age has got it,
    a kind of cancer of the background
    and also in the assorted features.
    It’s like a rotten flag
    or a vegetable from the refrigerator,
    pocked with mold.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    What wondrous life in this I lead!
    Ripe apples drop about my head;
    The luscious clusters of the vine
    Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
    The nectarine and curious peach
    Into my hands themselves do reach;
    Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
    Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
    Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)