Red Cross Societies

Famous quotes containing the words red, cross and/or societies:

    “All those girls
    who wore the red shoes,
    each boarded a train that would not stop.
    Stations flew by like suitors and would not stop.
    They all danced like trout on the hook.
    They were played with.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Never expect any recognition here—the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.”
    —Germaine Greer (b. 1939)