Earth Tones

Famous quotes containing the words earth and/or tones:

    “the plump of my belly, the
    hollow of your
    groin, as a constellation,
    how it leans from earth to
    dawn in a gesture of
    play....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “This was Venice, the flattering and suspect beauty—this city, half fairy tale and half tourist trap, in whose insalubrious air the arts once rankly and voluptuously blossomed, where composers have been inspired to lulling tones of somniferous eroticism.”
    —Thomas Mann (1875–1955)