Boy Named Goo

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

“A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The last public hanging in the State took place in 1835 on Prince Hill.... On the fatal day, the victim, a man named Watkins, peering through the iron bars of his cell, and seeing the townfolk scurrying to the place of execution, is said to have remarked, ‘Why is everyone running? Nothing can happen until I get there.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“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)