Famous quotes containing the word hecht:
“It’s all very well to dream of a dove that saves,
Picasso’s or the Pope’s
The one that annually coos in Our Lady’s ear
Half the world’s hopes,”
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)
“If the heart has its reasons, perhaps the body
Has its own lumbering sort of carnal spirit,
Felt in the tingling bruises of collision,
And known to captains as esprit de corps.”
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)
“Mens sana in men’s sauna, in the flush
Of health and toilets, private and corporal glee,”
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)