Common Year Starting

Famous quotes containing the words common, year and/or starting:

    “It is darker in the woods, even in common nights, than most suppose.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “It had been cold since December. Snow fell, first,
    At New Year and, from then until April, lay
    On everything. Now it had melted, leaving
    The gray grass like a pallet, closely pressed;
    And dirt. The wind blew in the empty place.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “He will be starting pretty late.
    He’ll find that Asiatic state
    Is about tired of being looted
    While having its beliefs disputed.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)