Japanese Ship Naming

Famous quotes containing the words japanese, ship and/or naming:

    “I am a lantern—
    My head a moon
    Of Japanese paper, my gold beaten skin
    Infinitely delicate and infinitely expensive.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “Small pity for him!—He sailed away
    From a leaking ship in Chaleur Bay,—”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “Husband,
    who am I to reject the naming of foods
    in a time of famine?”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)