Homer/period

Famous quotes containing the words homer and/or period:

    “But all is changed, that high horse riderless,
    Though mounted in that saddle Homer rode
    Where the swan drifts upon a darkening flood.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.”
    —Don Delillo (b. 1926)