Dead Roots

Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or roots:

    “I have put a padlock
    on you, Mother, dear dead human,
    so that your great bells,
    those dear white ponies,
    can go galloping, galloping,
    wherever you are.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Now fades the lasts long streak of snow,
    Now burgeons every maze of quick
    About the flowering squares, and thick
    By ashen roots the violets blow.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)