Famous quotes containing the words counted and/or thread:
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky—
So this winged hour is dropped to us from above.
Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower,
This close-companioned inarticulate hour
When twofold silence was the song of love.”
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)