Slow Left Arm

Famous quotes containing the words slow, left and/or arm:

    “I am accustomed to think very long of going anywhere,—am slow to move. I hope to hear a response of the oracle first.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Go on, high ship, since now, upon the shore,
    The snake has left its skin upon the floor.
    Key West sank downward under massive clouds
    And silvers and greens spread over the sea. The moon
    Is at the mast-head and the past is dead.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Innings and afternoons. Fly lost in sunset.
    Throwing arm gone bad. There’s your old ball game.
    Cool reek of the field. Reek of companions.”
    —Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985)