Woman Peeling Apples

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

    A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated—and turned out to grass.
    Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)

    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)

    According to legend, Dr. Sappington purchased his coffin several years before his death and kept it under his bed, with apples and nuts in it for his visiting grandchildren.
    —Administration in the State of Miss, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)