Powder Glass Beads

Famous quotes containing the words powder, glass and/or beads:

    We are powerless,
    dust and powder fill our lungs
    our bodies blunder
    through doors twisted on hinges.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    Here in the centre stands the glass. Light
    Is the lion that comes down to drink. There
    And in that state, the glass is a pool.
    Ruddy are his eyes and ruddy are his claws
    When light comes down to wet his frothy jaws
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary ...
    Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)