Hecht

Famous quotes containing the word hecht:

    And in their fairy tales
    The warty giant and witch
    Get sealed in doorless jails
    And the match-girl strikes it rich.
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

    Love’s the only thing I’ve thought of or read about since I was knee-high. That’s what I always dreamed of, of meeting somebody and falling in love. And when that remarkable thing happened, I was going to recite poetry to her for hours about how her heart’s an angel’s wing and her hair the strings of a heavenly harp. Instead I got drunk and hollered at her and called her a harpy.
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)

    The coltish horseplay of the locker room,
    Moist with steam of the tiled shower stalls,
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)