Big Oak Flat

Famous quotes containing the words big, oak and/or flat:

“She saw all things except herself serene:
Child, big black woman, pretty kitchen towels.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Maybe Rose, there is always another story,
better unsaid, grim or flat or predatory.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)