Famous quotes containing the words morgan, chase and/or tower:
“O, pluck was he to the backbone and clear grit through and through;
Boasted and bragged like a trooper; but the big words wouldnt do;
The boy was dying, sir, dying, as plain as plain could be,
Worn out by his ride with Morgan up from the Tennessee.”
—Constance Fenimore Woolson (18401894)
“Martin Pawley: Do ya think maybes theres a chance we still might find her?
Ethan Edwards: Injunll chase a thing til he thinks hes chased it enough. Then he quits. Same way when he runs. Seems like he never learns theres such a thing as a critter thatll just keep comin on. So well find em in the end. I promise ya. Well find em, just as sure as the turnin of the earth.”
—Frank S. Nugent (19081965)
“So was produced this tragedy
In a far tower of ivory
Where, O young men, late in the night
All you who drink light and stroke the air
Come back, seeking the night, and cry
To strict Rapunzel to let down her hair.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)