Famous quotes containing the words reverse, edge and/or hit:
“We came home from the ridotto so late, or rather so early, that it was not possible for me to write. Indeed we did not go ... till past eleven oclock: but nobody does. A terrible reverse of the order of nature! We sleep with the sun, and wake with the moon.”
—Frances Burney (17521840)
“As I came to the edge of the woods,
Thrush musichark!
Now if it was dusk outside,
Inside it was dark.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“Young children scare easilya tough tone, a sharp reprimand, an exasperated glance, a peeved scowl will do it. Little signs of rejectionyou dont have to hit young children to hurt themcut very deeply.”
—James L. Hymes, Jr. (20th century)
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