Black Powder Charge

Famous quotes containing the words black, powder and/or charge:

    “I only know that a rook
    Ordering its black feathers can so shine
    As to seize me senses, haul
    My eyelids up, and grant

    A brief respite from fear
    Of total neutrality.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “My little ‘bout-town gal has gone
    ‘Bout town with powder and blue dye
    On her pale lids....”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)