Famous quotes containing the words prickly and/or pears:
“What is this beast, she thought,
with muscles on his arms
like a bag of snakes?
What is this moss on his legs?
What prickly plant grows on his cheeks?
What is this voice as deep as a dog?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The pears are not seen
As the observer wills.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)