Famous quotes containing the words prevailing and/or wind:
“It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“The wind speeds her,
Blowing upon her hands
And watery back.
She touches the clouds, where she goes
In the circle of her traverse of the sea.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)