Noon Wine - Major Characters in "Noon Wine"

Famous quotes containing the words major, characters, noon and/or wine:

“Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.”
—John Major (b. 1943)

“We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs. Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say, we cannot avoid the question whether the characters are not significant of themselves.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“At noon in the desert a panting lizard
waited for history, its elbows tense,
watching the curve of a particular road
as if something might happen.”
—William Stafford (1914–1941)

“Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Ecclesiastes 9:7.