Crack

Famous quotes containing the word crack:

“The people inside have no water
and are never allowed to touch.
They crack like macadam.
They are mute.
They do not cry help
except inside....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“Let him not quit his belief that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“And within the house
ashes are being stuffed into my marriage,
fury is lapping the walls,
dishes crack on the shelves,
a strangler needs my throat,
the daughter has ceased to eat anything....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)