Yellow Crane Tower/history/literature

Famous quotes containing the words yellow, crane, tower, history and/or literature:

    iris and lilac, birds
    birds, yellow flowers
    white flowers, the Diesel
    does not let up dragging
    the plow
    Charles Olson (1910–1970)

    I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
    —Stephen Crane (1871–1900)

    The King’s name is a tower of strength.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.
    George Orwell (1903–1950)

    Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth.
    Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)