Famous quotes containing the words california, black and/or oak:
“The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion will live here in only the most temporary way.”
—Joan Didion (b. 1935)
“I cut my teeth as the black raccoon—
For implements of battle.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
“Where he swings in the wind and rain,
In the sun and in the snow,
Without pleasure, without pain,
On the dead oak tree bough.”
—Edward Thomas (1878–1917)