Dried

Famous quotes containing the word dried:

“Darkness; a desire to stretch, to scratch.
Then has the ? Then is it ? Nudge the thatch,
Displace the stiffened leaves: look out. How cold,
How dried a stillness....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“You starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s tongue, you
bull’s pizzle, you stock-fish!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“When the ground was partially bare of snow, and a few warm days had dried its surface somewhat, it was pleasant to compare the first tender signs of the infant year just peeping forth with the stately beauty of the withered vegetation which had withstood the winter ... decent weeds, at least, which widowed Nature wears.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)