Famous quotes containing the words keeping, left and/or takes:
“And this school wasnt keeping anymore,
Unless for penitents who took their seat
Upon its doorsteps as at mercys feet
To make up for a lack of meditation.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“Hieratic, slim and fair,
the tracery written here,
proclaims whats left unsaid
in Egypt of her dead.”
—Hilda Doolittle (18861961)
“An ancient estate should always go to males. It is mighty foolish to let a stranger have it because he marries your daughter, and takes your name. As for an estate newly acquired by trade, you may give it, if you will, to the dog Towser, and let him keep his own name.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)