Cleft Lip

Famous quotes containing the words cleft and/or lip:

    “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
    then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen.””
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 33:21-23.

    “In his tenth July some instinct
    taught him to arm the waiting wave,
    a giant where its mouth hung open.
    He rode on the lip that buoyed him there
    and buckled him under.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)