Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or children:
“Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.”
—Sojourner Truth (c. 1777–1883)
“Gold light in blind love does not distinguish
one surface from another, the savor
is the same to its tongue, the fluted
cylinder of a new ashcan a dazzling silver,
the smooth flesh of screaming children a quietness, it is all
a jubilance....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)