Gray Whale Census

Famous quotes containing the words gray and/or whale:

    “And this gray spirit yearning in desire
    To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
    Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
    A darkening shudder; water fell away;
    The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.”
    —Yvor Winters (1900–1968)