Famous quotes containing the words day of, day and/or atonement:
“On the day of breasts and small hips
the window pocked with bad rain,
rain coming on like a minister,
we coupled, so sane and insane.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Sun and moon and day and night and man and beast
each with a splendor
which man in all his vileness cannot
set aside; each with an excellence!”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)