Pole Vault Stars

Famous quotes containing the words pole, vault and/or stars:

    “No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

    “Heaven froze above, severe; the clouds congeal,
    And through the crystal vault appeared the standing hail.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “The stars are the apexes of what triangles!”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)