Famous quotes containing the words double, ten and/or day:
“Well, I had gone and spoiled it again, made another mistake. A double one in fact. There were plenty of ways to get rid of that officer by some simple and plausible device, but no, I must pick out a picturesque one; it is the crying defect of my character.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“In ten thousand years the Sierras
Will be dry and dead, home of the scorpion.”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
“So this
Is man; sowhat better conclusion is there
The day will not follow night, and the heart
Of man has a little dignity, but less patience
Than a wolfs,”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
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