Famous quotes containing the words classic american, classic, american and/or love:
“One classic American landscape haunts all of American literature. It is a picture of Eden, perceived at the instant of history when corruption has just begun to set in. The serpent has shown his scaly head in the undergrowth. The apple gleams on the tree. The old drama of the Fall is ready to start all over again.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)
“For years, they have all been dying
Out, the classic buck-and-wing men”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)
“They are a curious mixture of Spanish tradition, American imitation, and insular limitation. This explains why they never catch on to themselves.”
—Helen Lawrenson (1904–1982)
“None but a maid is roused by a love song. And this was a maid, an old maid.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
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