Famous quotes containing the words compact and/or bone:
“... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps the underground aquifers flowing; it is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“the bone dry voices of the peepers
as they throb like advertisements.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)