Life Thread

Famous quotes containing the words life and/or thread:

“O that those lips had language! Life has passed
With me but roughly since I heard thee last.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)

“Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had anything to say. “Tell the tailors,” said he, “to remember to make a knot in their thread before they take the first stitch.” His companion’s prayer is forgotten.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)