Northern Blue Jay

Famous quotes containing the words northern, blue and/or jay:

    “‘What is the world, O soldiers?
    It is I,
    I, this incessant snow,
    This northern sky;”
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)

    “Dear Friend,
    the canebrakes
    nestled in the riverbank’s lap,
    their clusters broken
    from the weight of blue bees,
    have in time
    become stumps.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    “The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.”
    —John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)