Famous quotes containing the words gaining, full and/or independence:
“Remember stories you read when a boy
The shipwrecked sailor gaining safety by
His knife, treetrunk, and lianas for now
You must escape, or perish saying no.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that
is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths,
tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
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