Boy Named Goo

Famous quotes containing the words boy, named and/or goo:

    “From his childhood onwards this boy will be surrounded by sycophants and flatterers.... In due course, following the precedent which has already been set, he will be sent on a tour of the world and probably rumours of a morganatic marriage alliance will follow, and the end of it will be the country will be called upon to pay the bill.”
    —James Keir Hardie (1856–1915)

    “Late in the afternoon, we rode through Brewster, so named after Elder Brewster, for fear he would be forgotten else. Who has not heard of Elder Brewster? Who knows who he was?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “You with the goo on the suction cup.
    You with your wires and electrodes
    fastened at my ankle and wrist,
    sucking up the biological breast.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)