Pigeons

Famous quotes containing the word pigeons:

“On shallow slates the pigeons shift together,
Backing against a thin rain from the west....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“[Paris] is dirty. It has pigeons and black yards. The people have white skin.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)

“I know that Quiet
Wanders laughing and eating her wild heart
Among pigeons and bees, while the Great Archer,
Who but awaits His hour to shoot, still hangs
A cloudy quiver over Pairc-na-lee.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)