Case

Famous quotes containing the word case:

“In the case of pirates, say, I would like to know whether that profession of theirs has any peculiar glory about it. It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“And the case of butterflies so rich it looks
As if all summer settled there and died.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)