Shocking Blue Greatest

Famous quotes containing the words shocking, blue and/or greatest:

“A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–120)

“Two wooden tubs of blue hydrangeas stand at the foot of the stone steps.
The sky is a blue gum streaked with rose. The trees are black.
The grackles crack their throats of bone in the smooth air.
Moisture and heat have swollen the garden into a slum of bloom.
Pardie! Summer is like a fat beast, sleepy in mildew....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“The greatest poverty is not to live
In a physical world, to feel that one’s desire
Is too difficult to tell from despair.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)