Closes

Famous quotes containing the word closes:

“... gifts, goods, a basket
of bread that hurts
my shoulders but closes me
in fragrance. I can
eat as I go.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“Although glad for the grain, we are
Aware of the husk.
And winter closes on us like a shroud.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Woman—for example, look at her case! She turns tantalizing inviting glances on you. You seize her. No sooner does she feel herself in your grasp than she closes her eyes. It is a sign of her mission, the sign by which she says to man: “Blind yourself, for I am blind.””
—Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)