Small Black Powder

Famous quotes containing the words small, black and/or powder:

“Hail ye small sweet courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it! like grace and beauty which beget inclinations to love at first sight; ‘tis ye who open this door and let the stranger in.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“I cut my teeth as the black raccoon—
For implements of battle.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

“Despite my asbestos gloves,
the cough is filling me with black,
and a red powder seeps through my veins....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)