Silver Crystal

Famous quotes containing the words silver and/or crystal:

    “Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
    the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
    cistern.
    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
    shall return unto God who gave it.
    Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. XII, 6–7)

    “Opinionated writing is always the most difficult ... simply because it involves retaining in the cold morning-after crystal of the printed word the burning flow of molten feeling.”
    —Gavin Lyall (b. 1932)