North Celestial Pole

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

    “Civilization must be destroyed. The hairy saints
    Of the North have earned this crumb by their complaints.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

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

    “I wouldn’t take the Pope too seriously. He’s a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.”
    —Muriel Spark (b. 1918)