Jerusalem Artichoke Brandy

Famous quotes containing the words jerusalem, artichoke and/or brandy:

    “Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
    comfort those who sit in darkness mourning ‘neath their sorrows’ load.
    Speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them;
    tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over.”
    —Johann G. Olearius (1611–1684)

    “They dropped separately after the celebration,
    handpicked,
    one after the other like artichoke leaves.
    After that I walked to my car awkwardly
    over the painful bare remains on the brick sidewalk....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Like an old brandy after a long rain,
    Distinguished, and familiar, and aloof.”
    —James Vincent Cunningham (1911–1985)