Brown Summer Coat

Famous quotes containing the words brown, summer and/or coat:

    “My ole man died—hunh—
    Cussin’ me;
    Ole lady rocks, bebby,
    Huh misery.”
    —Sterling Allen Brown (b. 1901)

    “Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car,
    And driven the hamadryad from the wood
    To seek a shelter in some happier star?
    Hast thou not torn the naiad from her flood,
    The elfin from the green grass, and from me
    The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “The old coat that I wear is Concord; it is my morning robe and study gown, my working dress and suit of ceremony, and my nightgown after all. Cleave to the simplest ever. Home,—home,—home. Cars sound like cares to me.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)