Cold

Famous quotes containing the word cold:

“That cold accretion called the world, which, so terrible in the mass, is so unformidable, even pitiable, in its units.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

“Black pit cold and light-year
Flame tongue of the dragon
Licks the sun

The sun is but a morning star”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

“The poppy that my heart was,
formed to bind all mortals,
made to strike and gather hearts
like flame upon an altar,
fades and shrinks, a red leaf
drenched and torn in the cold rain.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)