Saints Wore Black

Famous quotes containing the words saints, wore and/or black:

    “Up the Rebels, To Hell with the Pope,
    And God Save—as you prefer—the King or Ireland.
    The land of scholars and saints:
    Scholars and saints my eye, the land of ambush,
    Purblind manifestoes, never-ending complaints,”
    —Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)

    “My gowns were gorgeous, always low-cut, very décolleté. I wore hardly any makeup, just some lipsticks, that’s all. No lights. Just a baby spot. I wouldn’t have any entrance. They’d play the intro in the dark, and a spot would come on, and there I’d be.”
    —Richard Brooks (1912–1992)

    “Black one, black one,
    there was a white
    candle in your heart.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)