Silver Weight

Famous quotes containing the words silver and/or weight:

    It is told that some divorcees, elated by their freedom, pause on leaving the courthouse to kiss a front pillar, or even walk to the Truckee to hurl their wedding rings into the river; but boys who recover the rings declare they are of the dime-store variety, and accuse the throwers of fraudulent practices.
    —Administration in the State of Neva, U.S. public relief program. Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State (The WPA Guide to Nevada)

    The hurt is not enough:
    I long for weight and strength
    To feel the earth as rough
    To all my length.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)