Rock Candy Mountains

Famous quotes containing the words candy mountains, rock, candy and/or mountains:

    “I’m headed for a land that’s far away
    Beside the crystal fountains.
    So come with me, we’ll go and see
    The Big Rock Candy Mountains.”
    —Unknown. The Big Rock Candy Mountains (l. 5–8)

    “Under that rock that holds
    the first swift kiss
    of the spring-sun’s white, incandescent breath,
    I’d seek
    you flowers.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Why, what a candy deal of courtesy
    This fawning greyhound then did proffer me!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Nelse McLeod: Faith can move mountains Milt, but it can’t beat a faster draw. There’s only three men I know with his kind of speed—one’s dead, the other’s me, and the third is Cole Thornton.
    Cole Thornton: There’s a fourth.
    McLeod: Which one are you?
    Thornton: I’m Thornton.”
    —Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)