Slippery Pavement

Famous quotes containing the words slippery and/or pavement:

“In mind, she was of a strong and vigorous turn, having from her earliest youth devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of the law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it attentively through all the slippery and eel-like crawlings in which it commonly pursues its way.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

“Along the pavement my footsoles
Trod warily on living coals.”
—Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)