Pale Skin

Famous quotes containing the words pale and/or skin:

“one pale woman all alone,
The daylight kissing her wan hair,
Loitered beneath the gas lamps’ flare,
With lips of flame and heart of stone.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“At first I said, “I will not bear
His cross upon my back;
He only seeks to place it there
Because my skin is black.””
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)