Famous quotes containing the words keeping, left and/or takes:
“And this school wasn’t keeping anymore,
Unless for penitents who took their seat
Upon its doorsteps as at mercy’s feet
To make up for a lack of meditation.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Everyone has left me
except my muse,
that good nurse.
She stays in my hand,
a mild white mouse.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)