Small Black Powder

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

    “Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Don’t look now, God, we’re all right.
    All the suicides are eating Black Bean Soup;
    the Dalmatians, our turnip, our spotted parasite
    snoozles in her chair.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

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