Reaching Number

Famous quotes containing the words reaching and/or number:

    “And a man came out of the trees
    And took our horse by the head
    And reaching back to his ribs
    Deliberately stabbed him dead.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Ah, but to play man number one,
    To drive the dagger in his heart,
    To lay his brain upon the board
    And pick the acrid colors out,
    To nail his thought across the door,
    Its wings spread wide to rain and snow,
    To strike his living hi and ho....”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)