Locked Room Murders

Famous quotes containing the words locked, room and/or murders:

“Though I have locked my gate on them
I pity all the young,
I know what devil’s trade they learn
From those they live among,
Their drink, their pitch and toss by day,
Their robbery by night....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“He-who-came-forth was
it turned out
a man—
Moves among us from room to room of our life
in boots, in jeans, in a cloak of flame....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
—John Adams (1735–1826)