Falling

Famous quotes containing the word falling:

“Can I see a falling tear,
And not feel my sorrow’s share?”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“O falling fire and piercing cry
and panic, and a weak mailed fist
clenched ignorant against the sky!”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

“New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion, and perhaps somebody’s castle-roof perforated.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)