Double Stranded

Famous quotes containing the words double and/or stranded:

    “...the shiny-cheeked merchant bankers from London with eighties striped blue ties and white collars and double-barreled names and double chins and double-breasted suits, who said “ears” when they meant “yes” and “hice” when they meant “house” and “school” when they meant “Eton”...”
    —John le Carré (b. 1931)

    “Durer would have seen a reason for living
    in a town like this, with eight stranded whales
    to look at;”
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)