Black Square

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or square:

“A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R.I.P.—requiescat in pace—you know. That seems to me the most beautiful expression—I like it much better than ‘He is a jolly good fellow,’ which is simply rowdy.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)

“Houses haunt me.
That last house!
How it sat like a square box!”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)