Ground Colour

Famous quotes containing the words ground and/or colour:

“When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called love is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot it substitutes indulgence for fair play; when cold it is cruel, but friendship is warmth in cold, firm ground in a bog.”
—Miles Franklin (1879–1954)

“No one knows the colour of a flower
till it is broken.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)