Famous quotes containing the words lava and/or crater:
“We walk on molten lava on which the claw of a fly or the fall of a hair makes its impression, which being received, the mass hardens to flint and retains every impression forevermore.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Give me a condors quill! Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand!”
—Herman Melville (18191891)