Famous quotes containing the words eternal, sailor and/or moon:
“The only thing that seems eternal and natural in motherhood is ambivalence.”
—Jane Lazarre (20th century)
“The soger frae the wars returns,
The sailor frae the main,
But I hae parted frae my Love,
Never to meet again, my dear,
Never to meet again.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)
“And then we’ll sit
in the shadowy spruce and
pick the bones
of careless mice,
while the long moon drifts
toward Asia”
—John Haines (b. 1924)