Awful Truth

Famous quotes containing the words awful and/or truth:

“When awful darkness and silence reign
Over the great Gromboolian plain,
Through the long, long wintry nights;—”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)

“The poet will write for his peers alone. He will remember only that he saw truth and beauty from his position, and expect the time when a vision as broad shall overlook the same field as freely.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)