Ash Fall Events

Famous quotes containing the words ash, fall and/or events:

    “Thoth, Hermes, the stylus,
    the palette, the pen, the quill endure,
    though our books are a floor
    of smouldering ash under our feet.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.”
    —James Thurber (1894–1961)

    “Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted, but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)