Famous quotes containing the words elizabeth, city and/or county:
“...we avoid hospitals because ... theyll kill you there. They overtreat you. And when they see how old you are, and that you still have a mind, they treat you like a curiosity: like Exhibit A and Exhibit B. Like, Hey. nurse, come on over here and looky-here at this old woman, shes in such good shape.... . Most of the time they dont even treat you like a person, just an object.”
—Annie Elizabeth Delany (b. 1891)
“... city areas with flourishing diversity sprout strange and unpredictable uses and peculiar scenes. But this is not a drawback of diversity. This is the point ... of it.”
—Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)
“Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
—Dylan Thomas (19141953)