Cut Stone

Famous quotes containing the words cut stone, cut and/or stone:

“and a man climbing
must scrape his knees, and bring
the grip of his hands into play. The cut stone
consoles his groping feet. Wings brush past him.
The poem ascends.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“‘Twas English cut on Greek and Latin,
Like fustian heretofore on satin;”
—Samuel Butler (1612–1680)

“Most of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)