Pointed Silver

Famous quotes containing the words pointed and/or silver:

“I heard the beat of centaur’s hoofs over the hard turf
As his dry and passionate talk devoured the afternoon.
“He is a charming man” “But after all what did he mean?”—
“His pointed ears. ... He must be unbalanced,”—
“There was something he said that I might have challenged.””
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

“It is told that some divorcees, elated by their freedom, pause on leaving the courthouse to kiss a front pillar, or even walk to the Truckee to hurl their wedding rings into the river; but boys who recover the rings declare they are of the dime-store variety, and accuse the throwers of fraudulent practices.”
—Administration in the State of Neva, U.S. public relief program. Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State (The WPA Guide to Nevada)