Crystal Truncation Rod

Famous quotes containing the words crystal and/or rod:

    “Opinionated writing is always the most difficult ... simply because it involves retaining in the cold morning-after crystal of the printed word the burning flow of molten feeling.”
    —Gavin Lyall (b. 1932)

    “From pleasure of the bed,
    Dull as a worm,
    His rod and its butting head
    Limp as a worm ...”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)