Color Dark Violet

Famous quotes containing the words color, dark and/or violet:

    “The intellect,—that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night, are transparent, and the everlasting stars shine through, with attractive beams.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Love is like the wild rose-briar;
    Friendship like the holly-tree.
    The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,
    But which will bloom most constantly?”
    —Emily Brontë (1818–1848)

    “At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives
    Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,
    The typist home at teatime, clears her breakfast, lights
    Her stove, and lays out food in tins.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)