High Wire

Famous quotes containing the words high and/or wire:

“And hearts that once beat high for praise
Now feel that pulse no more!”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)

“Constantly risking absurdity
and death
whenever he performs
above the heads
of his audience
the poet like an acrobat
climbs on rime
to a high wire of his own making.”
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)