North Celestial Pole

Famous quotes containing the words north, celestial and/or pole:

“Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.”
—Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)

“poor black cherubs rise at seven
To do celestial chores.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

“No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)