Reed Yellow Fever

Famous quotes containing the words reed, yellow and/or fever:

    “And the frigid burnings of purgatory will not be touched
    By any emollient.”
    —Henry Reed (1914–1986)

    “down the sidewalk
    where laborers feed their dirty
    glistening torsos sandwiches
    and Coca-Cola, with yellow helmets
    on. They protect them from falling
    bricks, I guess.”
    —Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)

    “Y’know Pete, back where I come from folks call that love stuff “quick poison” or “slow poison.” If it’s quick poison it hurts you all over real bad like a shock of electricity. But if it’s slow poison, well, it’s like a fever that aches in your bones for a thousand years.”
    —Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)