Famous quotes containing the words flying, blue and/or angel:
“Only the sound remains,
the distant thump of the good elephants,
the voice of the ancient lions
and how the bells
trembled for the flying man.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“Tommy is three and when hes bad
his mother dances with him.
She puts on the record,
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
and throws him across the room.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“Yet I am the necessary angel of earth,
Since, in my sight, you see the earth again,
Cleared of its stiff and stubborn, man-locked set,
And, in my hearing, you hear its tragic drone
Rise liquidly in liquid lingerings....”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
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