Narrow

Famous quotes containing the word narrow:

    “For Occupation—This—
    The spreading wide my narrow Hands
    To gather Paradise—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one becomes an individual and migrates to the city. There, finding others likeminded, one re- establishes a village community. Nowadays only New Yorkers are yokels.”
    —Paul Goodman (1911–1972)

    “Less than five hundred souls inhabit the three quaint streets and the few narrow by-lanes and scattered farmsteads that constitute this small, decaying watering-place which may, indeed, be called a “backwater of life” without disrespect to its natives who possess, to this day, a salty individuality of their own.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)