Famous quotes containing the word drew:
“As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didnt make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, paintingthe nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.”
—Saul Bellow (b. 1915)
“We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy.”
—Rebecca West (18921983)
“struggled scarce
Consented, and was dead
And WeWe placed the Hair
And drew the Head erect
And then an awful leisure was
Belief to regulate”
—Emily Dickinson (18301886)