Ghost Towns

Famous quotes containing the words ghost and/or towns:

    “Her voice is thin and her moan is high,
    And her cackling laugh or her barking cold
    Bring terror to the young and old.
    O Molly, Molly, Molly Means
    Lean is the ghost of Molly Means.”
    —Margaret Abigail Walker (b. 1915)

    “Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost universal respect.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)