Saints Wore Black

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

    “It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “They all came, some wore sentiments
    Emblazoned on T-shirts, proclaiming the lateness
    Of the hour, and indeed the sun slanted its rays
    Through branches of Norfolk Island pine as though
    Politely clearing its throat....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn’t be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.”
    —Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)