Philadelphia Stars Negro

Famous quotes containing the words philadelphia, stars and/or negro:

    “All the oxygen of the world was in them.
    All the feet of the babies of the world were in them.
    All the crotches of the angels of the world were in them.
    All the morning kisses of Philadelphia were in them.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls, and the stars begin to flicker in the sky,”
    —Mitchell Parish (1901–1993)

    “And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant demon will not turn upon him too?”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)