North Fair Haven

Famous quotes containing the words north, fair and/or haven:

    The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.
    Karl Kraus (1874–1936)

    When I was fair and young, and favor graced me,
    Of many was I sought, their mistress for to be;
    But I did scorn them all, and answered them therefore,
    “Go, go, go seek some otherwhere!
    Importune me no more!”
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    Finishing schools in the fifties were a good place to store girls for a few years before marrying them off, a satisfactory rest stop between college weekends spent husband hunting. It was a haven for those of us adept at styling each other’s hair, playing canasta, and chain smoking Pall Mall extra-long cigarettes.
    Barbara Howar (b. 1934)