Simple Black Dress

Famous quotes containing the words simple, black and/or dress:

    “The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender.”
    —Philip Guedalla (1889–1944)

    “The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.”
    —Marian Wright Edelman (20th century)

    “An orange on the table,
    Your dress on the rug,
    And you in my bed,
    Sweet present of the present,
    Cool of night,
    Warmth of my life.”
    —Jacques Prévert (1900–1977)